Not at all.
For myself, I take the time to study each candidate's record and positions before casting judgement on them. If a candidate agrees with me more than 60% of the time, and he's the Republican nominee, he's probably going to get my vote.
If his record and positions show him to be no better than his Democrat opponent, then I really don't have a choice to vote FOR.
I won't give my vote to a liberal with an R velcroed to his sleeve, just to defeat his liberal buddy with a D tattooed to his forehead.
In the cases you mentioned, there's no doubt I'd vote R.
The point I'm making is that our party is observably sliding to the left. I know that all of us support true conservatives in every primary, where we can, but when those conservatives fail to capture the nomination, all too often the liberal Repuke is given a free pass on this forum.
What I'm saying is that we have got to figure out some way to stop rewarding the GOP-e for running these miscreants. Voting for them only ensures that we get more of them to vote for in the future.
Ya gotta stop it somewhere.
The time for theorizing is long past. The actions of an actual Colorado voter (goldstategop) are being discussed. The vote is TOMORROW.
In the Colorado races, specifically — how would you vote?