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RedState.com has a post on this today. While the blog post noted that the nominee should be Perry, the writer (Aaron Gardner) makes a good point. That all of this nit-picking over ideological purity is going to hand the country to the progressives for four more years.

The root of this is not an irrational emotion or a desire to down play our opportunity and ability to overcome. No, the root is that, as Burke once said, “It is sometimes as hard to persuade slaves to be free, as it is to compel freemen to be slaves.” More here...

No, the root is that, as Burke once said, “It is sometimes as hard to persuade slaves to be free, as it is to compel freemen to be slaves.”

I agree with this statement, but my interpretation is a little different as applied to this upcoming election. I think that anyone who says we have to vote for the most (presumably) "electable" candidate in order to get "anyone but Obama" IS a slave. If we don't get to choose who we will vote for, but instead have it chosen for us by a bunch of gutless traitors, then what are we but slaves? If we are too afraid to vote for a candidate that we actually like, instead of one that is slightly less horrible than the other party, then what are we but slaves?

A huge part of the problem in this day and age is that we accept, without question, the premise that our "elected" officials have ultimate authority over us and we have to accept everything they do. That is what drives our fear, induces us to vote for the least evil candidate in the hopes that he will stomp on our throats the most gently.

Our elected officials should be following our Constitution and the will of the people out of sheer fear of our response if they don't. Instead, we fear them and therefore they do whatever they want. Think about it - neither Left nor Right is happy with what the government is doing now, so where is the government getting its power? I'll tell you where - from our fear. Until the government fears US, we will all continue to be slaves.

My philosophy: vote for whom you like. Then, regardless of who wins, hold the officeholders accountable for their actions. If they take actions to tear this country apart, then we tear them apart. Period.

... as Burke once said, “It is sometimes as hard to persuade slaves to be free, as it is to compel freemen to be slaves.”

Other than Romney we will be okay with just about any of the candidates. I think Perry is the guy, but I would be comfortable with Bachmann, Santorum, even Paul. Cain & Gingrich I'm not so sure about.

“That all of this nit-picking over ideological purity is going to hand the country to the progressives for four more years.”

If we have to choose between a progressivik with a D next to his name, or a progressivik with an R next to his name, then we truly have no choice.