[al_c]

Simple math: 20 people vote: 9 Democrats vote for Obama; 8 Republicans vote for Mr. X; 3 Republicans decide they can’t vote for Mr. X and don’t vote. Result, Obama wins 9-8, and 3 Republicans are smugly proud of throwing the election to Obama “on principle.”

Exactly!!! Good post!

[Turtlepower]

What you fail to realize is the long term strategy. Most here seem to focus only on 1 goal - to remove Obama at all costs, which is a short term goal.

While it would be very painful to have Obama win a second term, the long term benefit of a possible 3rd party emergence could outweigh the negatives of second Obama term.