There are only 2 possibilities in this world, Compost.My point was that OP's sweeping generalization about republican's willingness to vote requires some fleshing out. You appear to be obsessed with Rules of Order. Still, thanks for reiterating your point.It does not matter "why".You have glossed over the reasons some Republicans are not holding a roll call and not voting on nominees to the Supreme Court. Details matter. Some republicans at the convention don't want to proceed with nominating Trump. I don't know what they intend to do exactly, but why not find out before you declare that "republicans don't like to vote on things, it seems". As for nominee to SCOTUS, please name the viable candidate or candidates nominated and let's discuss them in turn. As for polls here at USMB, it doesn't seem to have occurred to you that not everybody feels a burning desire to participate in polls. Believe it or not, some people don't consider a little bitty opinion poll on an online discussion forum important enough to spend time on. That hardly equates to a widespread trend in the voting attitudes of conservatives, does it?At the GOP convention, some Republicans can't seem to get their own party to agree to merely hold a roll call vote on the rules by which the convention is bound. In the Senate, the GOP members refuse to vote on a nominee to the Supreme Court. I guess the trend extends down to polls offered on USMB for I don't often see many folks voting in them either, and this forum seems to be populated more by conservatives than by liberals.
What else will the GOP not be willing to vote on? I wonder if at some point the GOP will want to tell you and I we shouldn't or can't vote on "such and such?" Perhaps Republicans are all for accountability when it's someone other than they being held accountable as a consequence of the vote?
Do you have anything other than vague general accusations against republicans to support your premise?
Rules of order are rules of order. They should be followed.
Otherwise what do you do next? Does everybody go get their guns out, and then you have a melee to determine order ?!
Rules of order exist precisely to prevent guns of order.
Q.E.D.
First, there are rules of order.
Second, there are guns.
That's why rules of order are critical.
Perhaps you are not very familiar with guns and therefore you take rules of order lightly.
I was an Infantry officer. I know all about guns.
That's why I respect rules of order.
Q.E.D.