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As I posted on another thread, the threat of a third party candidate/party is a political strategy used to influence the party's platform at the convention.

This is how we managed to develop a pro-life, pro-family, pro-American, pro-Judeo/Christian values platform out of old Daddy Bush & pals. We knew he what he was no Texas cowboy, but an NE elitist.

The platform will be used by the media (think sound bites) to represent the party's values and direction. This hopefully will attract like minded voters.

The battle is "grass roots" beginning with your local precincts, to develop a strategy to inflect pure misery at the state and national conventions until your voice is heard. You fight it out for your platform here or forget it.

I voted for McCain this last election because of the Republican Party still upheld the conservative platform we fought for under Reagan and Daddy Bush. When Sarah was placed on the ticket I was very thankful we had such a strong honest voice to speak out for our principles.

Frankly I don't believe McCain would have chosen her had it not been for Conservatives already in position within the party.

well said. i had the same feeling about why mccain picked palin as they were such polar opposites...just shows that there’s still a pulse in the party.

also agree with with your “local” comments. my wife was frustrated because she knows come election time, she’ll likely vote R as will I, yet her sister and her husband will vote D and “cancel us out” (even though they don’t know a lick about politics), and thought the ideal candidate needs to tow the pc line to bring in the “independents”...

the fallacy is that no one “cancels out” your vote in the primaries, and the Ds and independents are both non-factors in that race. The real point is to get involved early which VERY few people do, and make sure the best candidate rises to the top who can handle his own when it comes national debate time...aka when the masses first start paying attention.

This did not happen in ‘08, but hopefully next year will be different. And all the media spin of front-runner, favorite, polling, etc. nonsense between now and a year from now is just noise.