If I intended to accept "any candidate who can win", I'd vote for Trump. That obviously ain't happening.
If I wouldn't vote for Trump, why on earth would I vote for Romney. Certainly, Romney has more personal integrity than Trump, but that's like saying who'd you prefer to live under, ruled by Saddam and his nutty sons, or ISIS? Romney, the GOP-e, and etc. are the problem who delivered us all to Trump.
That's not a choice. It's a call to arms. Unfortunately, there are damn few of us, not enough following, and few if any viable leaders to take up the flag and run with it.
So, all I can do is be a rabble rouser, a political terrorist, as it were. If I can piss off more Trumpkins by defeating Trump, that's a good hill to die on. If I can drive Hillary voters insane, that's ground zero.
My vote is otherwise meaningless in this election. I intend it to be meaningful.
Back on point: Ted Cruz is one of the few candidates left that I'd vote for as a third party candidate. I think Rubio, Jeb Bush, and others lied and supported Trump's "Lyin' Ted" meme, so they're on my sh*t list forever.
Ain't many here's left, after Trump's rampage, but anyone who is #NeverTrump and conservative, could get my vote. Walker could be on that ticket. Jindal, before he went Trump, might have been.
I just looked over the list. What about some wild combination like Cruz and Rand Paul, or Walker and Paul? That's the problem. Unless the Presidential candidate of this supposed 3rd party had electoral success, he wouldn't be viable. If Cruz paired up with someone like Kasich or Romney, he'd lose all credibility. Cruz had a VP nominee any how.
I don't know, a ticket with some GOP-e's with actual conservative track records could might me in. At this point, I don't have much of a litmus test, other than they're Constitutional.
Maybe Cruz/Bush?
Kasich/Bush?
Kasich/Rubio?
Cruz/Romney?
None of these work. Maybe if Reagan came back from the dead, he might have a chance.
