I just don’t understand it. Given how close the last several elections have been, the Republican candidate will need every last vote to win. Why alienate and denigrate 5% of the party before the general race even begins?
Many feel that, when the curtain closes in the voting booth, we will once again pull the lever for the anti-Clinton. They are probably right; most thinking conservatives and libertarians would vote for the candidate who is closer to their views rather than waste their vote or worse, stay home. The good news is that the executive is only one branch of government.