[VRWC For Truth]

The Supreme Court was supposed to check and balance Soetoro. They failed. The game has changed. No one has the luxury of voting their conscience. It is survival and a tactical decision. Soetoro has got to go. The more votes against him, the less spin there will be. A crashing defeat of Soetoro will send the message even Willard will get.

[FredZarguna]

This is exactly right. It is a tactical decision. I think the opposition to Romney fails to understand this, or falls into two camps: those who don't really believe -- all rhetoric and evidence to the contrary notwithstanding -- that our plight is all that desperate, or, who think the cause is lost so nothing matters. The former are not realists. The latter are defeatists (although they may, unfortunately, be right.) Personally I've got to continue to believe that as long as there's life there's still some hope in fighting.

It's tactical and it's bitter to swallow. But this really is it. 0 goes in November, or we do.

[doug from upland]

Yes, my friend, I am looking at how close I think the popular vote will be. If Romney looks like he will take the electoral college, it may be important to also win the majority of the popular vote and take away an issue from the RATS they surely will try to exploit. I may end up voting for him in California if I deem it important.

[greyfoxx39]

No one has the luxury of voting their conscience.

Oh really? "A luxury"?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

“Luxury” - perfect word for something that is horrifically exspensive, and serves no practical purpose. Good FReepers will get it.

[mojitojoe]