Now, what do we do? I think we have no choice but to soldier on and support Romney. He may not have my enthusiastic vote but my reluctant vote counts just as much even though I am holding my nose. Let's make sure he picks a conservative running mate and let's turn our attention to putting the fear of God into Boehner and McConnell so they in turn will hold Romney's feet to the fire when he gets into office.
We have better than seven months to shape up, get organized, and defeat Obama.
Conservatives should be a party within a party. We could have held our own debates, our own caucuses and chose one candidate to unify behind... last summer.
Fortunately, if Romney needs my vote in Tennessee, he has already lost. I am free to vote my conscience on that line. I do not believe that a token conservative VP is going to change the outcome. The only place Romney is stronger than McCain is where he will lose to Obama regardless.