I certainly respect your perspective on staying in the fight for the long haul, but for me, it violates my conscience to think about voting for somebody who would actively endorse the murder of babies. I suppose you could look at it like the fundy doctrine of separation. There are degrees within that framework on what a person can tolerate. For instance, I know and respect many folk that are tee-totalers when it comes to alcohol. Though I abstain from any "strong drink" I don't refuse to patronize establishments/restaurants that sell it, so long as their environment is otherwise family oriented and relatively wholesome. Nor do I think moderate alcohol consumption is necessarily a sin. On the other hand, if somebody invites me to a New Years party, and I know that there will be what I consider to be excessive partying, even if it's on an otherwise socially acceptable level, I won't go. That's partially why I don't attend my own company Christmas party. Some would judge me as a compromiser for even daring to enter such a place that serves alcohol (a restaurant), let alone patronize it, but I'm okay with that since I won't ultimately stand before them in judgment. In regards to my vote and the abortion issue, my pragmatism has similar limits.