Which candidate should be the Republican nominee?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I hate to say this, but the Democratic Party and unions in Michigan were encouraging Dems to vote for him in the primary in hopes that Romney wouldn't get the nomination because they think Romney has a chance of beating Obama but Santorum doesn't.

I do not agree with that in principle. Republicans should vote in the Republican primary. Democrats should vote in the Republican primary only if they would really vote for that candidate in the general election when November comes. (I did that once, for McCain, in 2000, before he started pandering to the ultra conservative right, and I would have voted for him that year.) Independents should vote for the candidate they would vote for in November also.

Purposely skewing primary results is shady to me.

GOPers were urging Republican voters to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2008 to keep Obama from winning the Democratic nomination. So, this isn't new. Shadiness goes and comes all the way around.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

GOPers were urging Republican voters to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2008 to keep Obama from winning the Democratic nomination. So, this isn't new. Shadiness goes and comes all the way around.

I know. And I think it is wrong both ways.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I know. And I think it is wrong both ways.

I agree. The first amendment guarantees the right of free association. I think that each party should be allowed to pick its own nominee, and open primaries are inherently troublesome.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I hate to say this, but the Democratic Party and unions in Michigan were encouraging Dems to vote for him in the primary in hopes that Romney wouldn't get the nomination because they think Romney has a chance of beating Obama but Santorum doesn't.

I guess this makes sense. Above everything else, I wondered why Republicans would vote for him knowing that there was little chance he'd actually win the presidency over Obama. However, I also know that there are some people out there who do actually want him to win the whole damn thing.. And they actually believe he can do it.

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

GOPers were urging Republican voters to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2008 to keep Obama from winning the Democratic nomination. So, this isn't new. Shadiness goes and comes all the way around.

Definitely not new.. And definitely not right.. But at least the thought of Hillary being president didn't scare the s*** out of me.