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Well, I voted for Huckabee in the primary. That was my 'statement' for whatever it was worth. Hopefully, McCain will be forced to acknowledge that Huckabee's numbers represent many dissatisfied conservatives.

But I do feel that McCain can at least make it a horse race come November and therefore deserves every vote not committed to the Democratic candidate.

I usually try to avoid political discussions because, (1) I'm not as well informed as many here and (2) I'm terribly narrow minded.

Besides, maybe the Democrats need a chance to mess up as bad as the Republicans have.

I think that by election time, it should be obvious to all but the most ardent supporters whether a candidate stands a chance of winning the election.

If anyone voted for Perot while realizing that he would get no more than 20%, then yes, that is a wasted vote.

This 20% who voted for Perot are 100% responsible for electing Bill and Hillary.

If this 20% couldn't bring themselves to vote for Bush, then they should have stayed home.

Steve,

Pardon me for disagreeing. But I have always considered a vote for an unelectable candidate based on whatever principles inspired it to be a wasted vote.

I dislike McCain intensely, but I would vote for him to avoid electing Hillary or Obama.

Just remember, we got Clinton the first time because enough voters went for Perot in protest.

by LarryH on Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:30 pm

sceneshopninja wrote:
Maybe Ron Paul will break off and run as an independent.

Others have posted that RP has stated he will not run as a third party candidate.

Why would you want a 3rd party candidate that would harm McCain's chances and improve the Dems?

Better you should wish for Nader or some other liberal to run 3rd party which could pull votes from the Dems.

I refused to vote for McCain in the primary, but does anyone think that he would not be preferable to Obama/Hillary?