The Constitution is chock full-o-principles, and great ones at that. But Lincoln himself realized it's not a suicide pact. I don't know you PF - but I'm gonna bet a paycheck you ain't smarter or more 'principled' than Honest Abe. Although odds are you have better taste in women.
If you were as smart as you give yourself credit for, you would know that there simply are not enough Conservatives or Republicans left to defeat Obama at the polls.
It will be 2006 on steroids this time around. Our best hope is to wait for this economy to melt down and the Democrats get the blame by a very angry and misled public.
It worked well in ‘80 when we were rid of them for 8 years of Reagan. WE also took many House seats to set up a majority in ‘94.
The odds are stacked against us in ‘08. Taking advantage of that is what will lead this party back to it’s Principles. Voting for McGreen will only set it back decades because those things will still happen under him and Republicans will get all the blame.