[Sloth]

Not voting buys me nothing, write in or third party may make me feel a little better but unless the third part ticket is FRED/DUNCAN I don’t see myself going that route... But I’m toying with voting for OBAMA.

That's dumb. That will just be interpreted as support (i.e., a mandate) for Obama. A third-party vote, on the other hand, sends a clear 'protest' message. The particular people running on the 3rd party ticket don't matter that much, since they're not going to get elected. Voting for the Constitution or Libertarian parties, for example, tells the GOP establishment "you could have had these votes if you weren't pushing leftism."

[Ethrane]

A third-party vote, on the other hand, sends a clear 'protest' message. The particular people running on the 3rd party ticket don't matter that much, since they're not going to get elected. Voting for the Constitution or Libertarian parties, for example, tells the GOP establishment "you could have had these votes if you weren't pushing leftism."

I agree.

I do not know any other way to get the point across to the RNC.

If Fred/Duncan ran as a 3rd party ticket against say McCain/Huck and whoever the Dems throw out there, I could easily see a scenario where Fred/Duncan got upwards of 20% of the vote, even though their money would be very limited vs the two BIG parties, just based on debate performances.