This would not be the case if all of our candidates were like Cruz, Lee and Paul. But, we always end up with a dumb-a** who has the IQ of a can of Spam like Todd Akin or Richard Mourdock. Or some Chiropractor in Kansas who puts X-ray pics and zaney remarks about them online. Or a candidate who is embroiled in a law suit. Or a candidate who attends a rally hosted by supporters of Cock-fighting in KY and who says that illegal Mexicans are harder workers than Americans. It’s not the Tea Party; it’s these idiots we get behind before we adequately vet them and find out that they are freakin’ idiots
Sometimes they are. Who would you rather have as a co-worker on a stressful job, a parade of unskilled teens with attitudes who may or may not show up tomorrow, or one trustworthy, hardworking young man who values his job and the people he works with, and who is damned well SURE to show up for work every day with zero attitude? I've been there and done that.
Minimum wage, which Romney et all advocate RAISING once again, is a major contributor to illegal immigration. The GOP just keeps blowing it because in its opinion, a GOP candidate in favor of raising the minimum wage "could win."
Such a win would be without my vote; net loss in any case, because raising the minimum wage is losing the battle against tyrannical government.