RIIW - Republic If I Win

I'm getting more than a little sick of Republican candidates who refuse to endorse the party nominee after they lose an election to which they felt they were entitled.  No one is entitled to a nomination regardless of what position they hold in the party, even if they currently hold the office for which they are running.

This morning defeated candidate Mike Castle joins the list of sore loser Republicans:

A Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) campaign source confirmed to The Hill late Tuesday that the longtime congressman will not be endorsing Christine O'Donnell.

The Tea Party-backed O'Donnell defeated Castle for Delaware's Republican Senate nomination.

Castle is a RINO. It won't surprise me if he comes out later and endorses the Democrat/Socialist.

Elsewhere, Lisa Murkowski in Alaska will decide by Friday whether to run a write-in candidacy for her current job in the Senate after being knocked out by Joe Miller. She's already been turned down by the Libertarians.  She'll lose if she runs and the only purpose for getting in is to spoil Miller's chances.

In California it took Steve Poizner months to finally endorse Meg Whitman. In Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, realizing he'd lose to Marco Rubio, withdrew from the GOP to run as an independent. He'll get crushed in November.

Perhaps all this is good. We need to rid the party of people who are RIIWs - Republican If I Win.