Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:I don't get that reasoning. If the republicans are doing such a great job then why are people so ticked off at them? Maybe it is because they are not as fiscally conservative like they want you to think. They have disenfranchised mainstream conservatives.

So, who should I vote for? The guys who talk the talk but don't walk the walk, or the guys who don't even talk the talk? Or in fact, talk the wrong talk?

Disappointment in Republicans not doing everything i wanted or everything they promised is NOT a reason to vote Democratic, when the Dems are promising to oppose everything I think important. I would rather have the Republicans doing only half what they promise than have the Democrats do even half what they threaten.

Truly, Niner was right, it IS cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Voting for a party/person who has no chance is OK - after all, that is partially how Texas went from Democrat to Republican in only half a century. But remember, third party votes usually benefit the frontrunner. In every case, they benefit the candidate you absolutely would have listed last on your list of possilbly getting your vote. Votes are two edged - they are important not only in who you vote for, but in who you took that vote from.

Rebulicans staying home benefit the Democrats. Republicans voting third party benefit the Democrats.