Vote Republican or Conservative?

An off year election in the US. At the national level the only elections taking place are to fill empty seats.

In my state the Republican party choose a typical northeast liberal Republican to replace a departing congressman.

The smaller, but very vocal Conservative party is running it's own candidate. Thus splitting the vote in favor of the Democrat candidate.

In past years I would have voted for the Republican, as I thought it was important to not have the seat in the hands of a Democrat.

Not this year...

The Republican party is not listening. They have not listened for some time and continue trying to push so called moderates on us. Offering candidates that except for one or two issues would be more comfortable running as a Democrat.

I may be throwing my vote away by voting for the Conservative candidate, but if the Conservative vote is sizable, the Republican party will hopefully get the message.

If not and continue to run liberal leaning candidates, they deserve to lose all future elections.

Saying that, I'm voting for a Democrat in a local town election. In my opinion the Republican running for re-election has shown he is not qualified to hold office, doing more harm than good.

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Recent polling shows that Republican Mike Huckabee is a leading candidate to run for president in 2012. His current popularity may be the result of his association with the FOX news network and his failed run for president in 2008.

Huckabee is not a winning candidate. Conservatives need to find another candidate to support.

Find a (small-c) conservative to support...