[AntiGovernment]

And if the primaries don't result in a candidate that satisfies all of your republican ideals, does that mean that you would withhold your vote or vote for a third party, thereby creating the possibility of the true opposition, someone who is complete opposite of your ideals, to get voted in?

No. At least, not necessarily. Conservatives voted for president Bush the big spender and open borders guy in 2000 and 2004, without even a hiss. Disagreement with a few issues is not enough to abandon a nominee. But I also disagree with reckless party-line voting. Generally, I adopt the following test: I will vote for a candidate who is not perfect, but good (in terms of ideas). However, I will not vote for a candidate whose only credential is that he is the lesser of the two evils (except maybe when the other is REALLY evil).

[Mia T]

So, in other words, if hillary is the other candidate, you will vote GOP irrespective of credentials?

It seems there is another important consideration beside the magnitude of the opposition's evilness: The War on Terror.

Do you really want to hand over the prosecution of this war to the Ds??