Ann Coulter is EXACTLY right.
I have voted the straight GOP ticket my whole life and never regretted it.
True, we always have our moderate versus conservative contests in the primaries, and I always vote for the conservative in the primary (including Donnelly for governor last June). But I always vote the straight GOP ticket in November without exception.
Voting for third parties only helps Democrat candidates.
Staying at home on election days solves nothing.
The worst Republicans here in CA are ALWAYS better than the best Dems in my state. There are no conservative Dems here in CA that I am aware of. They are ALL Marxists as far as I can tell without exception.
And that’s why nothing will ever change.
I respect your viewpoint. I don’t agree with it, but we agree that no votes should ever be cast for Democrats.
You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result, right?
I wish Tim Donnelly had won the nomination for governor of California. He might not have won in November, but at least he would have inspired the grassroots activists of the party’s base to walk precincts, man phone banks, etc. But Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved and the rest of the GOPe crowd weighed in against him, so how we have as our candidate an Obama voter who favors amnesty, abortion and same-sex marriage.
Like others, I have also been disappointed in Ann from time to time (more so the last year or 2). I tend to agree with you. States like yours and mine, we do the best we can do trying to get Pubbies into elected office - they may not be 100% conservative, but IMHO it’s certainly better than another go-along, whatever they want Obummer, Pelosi and Reid Marxist, Socialist, Communist. If we had a few more Pubbies in Congress I don’t believe OCare would have passed.
There’s a potential for Supreme Court Justice and other nominees coming up over Obummers last 2 years. In addition, there are 300-some bills that the Pubbies have passed in the House that are collecting dust on Dingy Harry’s desk. Are Boehner and McConnell my ideals for Congress leaders - - absolutely not. I’d much prefer to see someone like Gohmert and Cruz (or Lee or Sessions) in those positions. But even Boehner & McTurtle are better than Pelousy and Dirty Harry.
IMHO we should also consider a couple of things: the numerous Senate races the GOP has to defend in 2016 (we need to pick up some now as we may lose some then) and that there are 5-6 seats that look good for conservative-leaning and/or TEA Party endorsed candidates this year that will be replacing Senate retirees.
23 GOP Senators up for reelection in 2016:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190500/posts
Post #5 on same thread:
“What is not reported is the TEA Party did very well in open senate seats. Sort of an Art of War thing, while the establishment spent money and time on incumbants, Tea Party had a sneak attack on open seats. The TEA Party went after six open seats and won in 5 (the “loss” was Oklahoma but the nominee isn’t bad.) Summary below”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3190500/posts?page=9#9