#NeverTrump GOP endorsements LATEST: Graham and Lee voted McMullin

[Mr. Morden]

Chaffetz is voting for Trump after all, so I've taken him off the list in the OP:

https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/791445788656226304

[HAnnA MArin County]

I won't add Powell to the list.  He's not really a Republican.  He's a true RINO; Clinton 2016 is the third straight Presidential election in which Powell has conspicuously endorsed the Democratic candidate.  At this point, Joe Lieberman is more of a Democrat than Colin Powell is a Republican.

In fairness, your party's messiah Ronald Reagan would be a RINO by today's Republican/Trump Party standards.

But yeah, we all know the only reason why Colin Powell is endorsing Hillary is the same reason why he endorsed Obama.

[RINO Tom]

I won't add Powell to the list.  He's not really a Republican.  He's a true RINO; Clinton 2016 is the third straight Presidential election in which Powell has conspicuously endorsed the Democratic candidate.  At this point, Joe Lieberman is more of a Democrat than Colin Powell is a Republican.

In fairness, your party's messiah Ronald Reagan would be a RINO by today's Republican/Trump Party standards.

But yeah, we all know the only reason why Colin Powell is endorsing Hillary is the same reason why he endorsed Obama.

If Powell says he's a Republican and is registered that way (or votes in our primaries), he's a Republican.  Period.

[HAnnA MArin County]

I won't add Powell to the list.  He's not really a Republican.  He's a true RINO; Clinton 2016 is the third straight Presidential election in which Powell has conspicuously endorsed the Democratic candidate.  At this point, Joe Lieberman is more of a Democrat than Colin Powell is a Republican.

In fairness, your party's messiah Ronald Reagan would be a RINO by today's Republican/Trump Party standards.

But yeah, we all know the only reason why Colin Powell is endorsing Hillary is the same reason why he endorsed Obama.

If Powell says he's a Republican and is registered that way (or votes in our primaries), he's a Republican.  Period.

That sounds like something a RINO would say

[Fuzzy Bear]

I won't add Powell to the list.  He's not really a Republican.  He's a true RINO; Clinton 2016 is the third straight Presidential election in which Powell has conspicuously endorsed the Democratic candidate.  At this point, Joe Lieberman is more of a Democrat than Colin Powell is a Republican.

i agree that he seems to be quite liberal in some ways but otherwise your comparison doesn't hold water, imho.

1) two of his 3 endorsements have been for the SAME candidate.

2) trump is THE essential anti-republican and resulted into far more un-endorsements/crossover-voters than any other candidate since decades.

Trump described himself as a "Rockefeller Republican" when he stated in the mid-1990s that he was a Republican.  Endorsing the Democratic candidate 3 years in a row pretty much suggests that you're a not a Republican at heart.

The non-endorsements and unendorsements of Trump should put him down by 15 points, but we're nowhere near that level.  Indeed, while Trump is unlikely to win the popular vote, his chances of winning the EV with fewer popular votes than Clinton is fairly decent.  Trump may well lose by 15, but no poll shows that, and some polls show him even with Clinton.  That's something McGovern, Mondale, and Goldwater could never say.

[Gustaf]

I won't add Powell to the list.  He's not really a Republican.  He's a true RINO; Clinton 2016 is the third straight Presidential election in which Powell has conspicuously endorsed the Democratic candidate.  At this point, Joe Lieberman is more of a Democrat than Colin Powell is a Republican.

i agree that he seems to be quite liberal in some ways but otherwise your comparison doesn't hold water, imho.

1) two of his 3 endorsements have been for the SAME candidate.

2) trump is THE essential anti-republican and resulted into far more un-endorsements/crossover-voters than any other candidate since decades.

Trump described himself as a "Rockefeller Republican" when he stated in the mid-1990s that he was a Republican.  Endorsing the Democratic candidate 3 years in a row pretty much suggests that you're a not a Republican at heart.

The non-endorsements and unendorsements of Trump should put him down by 15 points, but we're nowhere near that level.  Indeed, while Trump is unlikely to win the popular vote, his chances of winning the EV with fewer popular votes than Clinton is fairly decent.  Trump may well lose by 15, but no poll shows that, and some polls show him even with Clinton.  That's something McGovern, Mondale, and Goldwater could never say.

There was literally a poll showing Trump down by 15 yesterday. And didn't Mondale at least tie Reagan at some point?

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich writes in McCain for president:

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/john_kasich_follows_through_on.html

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[Speed of Sound]

No surprise, but at least someone in the GOP has any spine at all.

[ApatheticAustrian]

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https://twitter.com/brianros1/status/793278215741706242?lang=en

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Kasich writes in McCain for president:

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/john_kasich_follows_through_on.html

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Are you kidding me? John McCain?

[Illiniwek]

All due credit to Kasich for not supporting trump. But cmon a wrote in for McCain is a waste of time.

[Speed of Sound]

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https://twitter.com/brianros1/status/793278215741706242?lang=en

Now that's a bit juicier. PA is locked up, and Toomey knows it as well as everyone else does.

[Badger]

All due credit to Kasich for not supporting trump. But cmon a wrote in for McCain is a waste of time.

As opposed to a write in for anyone else not running?

C'mon. It's not like he could publicly back Clinton or Johnson and have a future in the GOP.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Kasich should have written in George HW Bush

[RI]

Kasich should have written in George HW Bush

Or himself

[Badger]

Kasich should have written in George HW Bush

Or himself

That would look tacky.

Though I might.

[Anna Komnene]

All due credit to Kasich for not supporting trump. But cmon a wrote in for McCain is a waste of time.

As opposed to a write in for anyone else not running?

C'mon. It's not like he could publicly back Clinton or Johnson and have a future in the GOP.

There's a few conservatives that are *actual* write-in choices though from Evan McMullin to Darrell Castle and others.  Votes for John McCain literally get thrown out.  He's pretty much encouraging people to throw out their votes by doing this.  I know someone will try to say it's the same thing as a vote that counted, but it isn't.  At least when you vote for an actual candidate, it goes down in history in the results instead of just being as if nothing happened.

[psychprofessor]

mark this down for re-appearance in the 2020 rep primary if he runs...he voted for mccain in 2016. I don't think that will play well to the base in 4 years.

[RI]

mark this down for re-appearance in the 2020 rep primary if he runs...he voted for mccain in 2016. I don't think that will play well to the base in 4 years.

Most of that "base" wasn't going to vote for him anyway.

[Mr. Morden]

Btw, Paul Ryan said that he's already early-voted for Trump, though he did so without speaking Trump's name:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/politics/paul-ryan-voted-for-donald-trump/

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

All due credit to Kasich for not supporting trump. But cmon a wrote in for McCain is a waste of time.

As opposed to a write in for anyone else not running?

C'mon. It's not like he could publicly back Clinton or Johnson and have a future in the GOP.

There's a few conservatives that are *actual* write-in choices though from Evan McMullin to Darrell Castle and others.  Votes for John McCain literally get thrown out.  He's pretty much encouraging people to throw out their votes by doing this.  I know someone will try to say it's the same thing as a vote that counted, but it isn't.  At least when you vote for an actual candidate, it goes down in history in the results instead of just being as if nothing happened.

I find it frustrating myself.  Though I can also understand if most people, even perhaps those involved in public office, may not be aware of these candidates.

[BlueSwan]

Lame. Kasich has enough stature that he might have been able to save the country from Trump by endorsing Clinton.

[Mr. Morden]

Jeff Flake says he might vote for McMullin:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jeff-flake-evan-mcmullin-trump-230654

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

McMullin doesn't even have write-in status in Arizona though, correct?

Let's be honest, he's voting for Clinton.

[Mr. Morden]

Former Sen. Slade Gorton voting for McMullin, along with former WA Sec. of State Sam Reed:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Ex-U-S-Sen-Gorton-submits-electors-for-10509998.php

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