Marshal'ette;
I must respectfully disagree.
On the gun issue, how are any of the remaining candidates different? All will ban guns.
Your statement that any gunnie vote that isn't GOP is a wasted vote is the exact attitude that has gotten us in this situation. The Republican leadership knows that as long as their candidate is .00000000000001% better on guns than the Democrat, we will vote GOP.
Blindly supporting the GOP because they aren't Democrat only promises that we'll get more of the same next time. it will filter down to congressional races. Then, when that succeeds the gubernatorial and local leadership races will see more of the same.
As a bloc, we gun people MUST show that we are not a guaranteed GOP vote.
You can call me Pollyanna or any other name you want, but the fact remains.. when you blindly follow you will be taken advantage of.
Folks, no one wants to admit this, but as gunowners we've already lost the 2008 presidential race. Not one mainstream candidate is good on guns. This is the result of "always vote Republican--no matter what."
But, that's the beauty of the American form of government. You vote the way you feel is best. The other beauty, is that we can try to convince each other that our position is best.