I am one of those people who believes in half a loaf is better than none, but this time I am saying forget about it. Throw Gomez to the sharks. Gomez is pulling our chain in a most disingenuous way. I am sick and tired of these rinos without a soul.
As was stated in the massresistance article, Gomez will bring the Republican Party way to the left. The last thing we need right now is another Republican caving on the Democrats’ issues. No more *me too* Republicans! We have to punish the rinos so that they know that there will be a price to pay when they abandon our nations long held beliefs. If Gomez wins and is rewarded for lying and double-dealing than all the fake Republicans throughout the country will start waving their liberal flags.
When it comes to the Presidential vote I think that you have to take the least bad candidate—I believe in half a loaf is better than none. But when it is a Senatorial vote it doesn't matter so much if we lose to the Democrats because a Senator is one of a hundred. A Senator does not have the special powers or the special honor that the President has. A Senator is one of a hundred but there is only one President.
If Ed Markey get elected it will be no game changer, he will be pretty much like John Kerry.
The article below has an excellent suggestion that Massachusetts could do what the New York Conservative Party does. They rarely run candidates but when they see a good Republican that shares their beliefs they will throw their support behind that candidate. This sounds like a good way to cut through all the false labeling that the rinos do, calling themselves conservative, pro-family—yadayadayada. Even the Massachsetts Tea Party is very suspect, it is just the old game of the insiders trying to co-opt any new challengers. With a Massachusetts Conservative Party that was not in competition with the Republican Party but would sort of act like the conscience of the party, it would be a good way to lead from the sidelines.
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen2/13b/ma-senate-race/primary-results.html
Despite the title of his organization, this writer has negotiable principles. It's pretty simple. Either you're a conserative -- and you vote that way all the time -- or you aren't.