| > And, I did exactly that, voted for McCain and Palin... > and have no problems with my vote, to this very day. It would be interesting to do a FR poll to see how many of us held our nose voting for McCain, really pulling the lever for Sarah. I’d venture to say 80 percent. Some didn’t show up to vote, either not buying into the Obama hype, or perhaps buying into the MSM hatred of Bush. The trick is to be engaged in the nomination process in 2010 and 2012, so we can offer true Conservatives on the ticket. THAT IS obviously the frustration of Arizona Conservatives. They don’t want to vote for McRINO, and they can’t see why Conservative-champion Sarah is supporting him. BELIEVE ME — Sarah KNOWS she’s bucking the party faithful. She has her reasons as I’ve cited before as she offered on Glenn Beck’s show yesterday: 1) keeping her word to him support him; 2) keeping McRINO as the 41st vote against Obama as he steps on the accelerator this year. Both of Sarah's reasons make sense to me, as I implicitly trust Sarah and her judgment. I don’t like it, but I can see where she’s going, trying to maintain a Republican 41-vote coalition. It's up to Conservatives in Arizona to reject McRINO, but they need to be soliciting Conservative rivals to challenge and beat McRINO regardless. If McRINO wins, I'd have no problem with a third party Conservative run against him, similar to what we saw in NY-23. The strategy of running third party Conservative candidates should be used VERY SPARINGLY. My prediction is that we can expect one or two Conservative-leaning Democrat Senators this spring change to the Republican party. IF THAT HAPPENS, we need to be ready to have true Conservatives challenge those new-found RINO turncoat bastards and send them back home. Many of us weren’t very engaged last time around in the GOP nomination process. This time around, in 2010 and 2012, most Conservatives will be guiding the process. |
It would be interesting to do a FR poll to see how many of us held our nose voting for McCain, really pulling the lever for Sarah. I’d venture to say 80 percent.
Well, that part really doesn't matter because it doesn't show up on any ballot slip... :-)
That part is all subjective. What is not "subjective" but "100% objective" -- in what you just said -- is -- "the actual vote itself".
Many of us weren’t very engaged last time around in the GOP nomination process. This time around, in 2010 and 2012, most Conservatives will be guiding the process.
And with that, we'll see...