[WorkingClassFilth]

Thanks. Unfortunatley, I believe that even if Mr. Santorum is somebody’s VP pick, we’re still going to lose (see my tagline). Using a conservative to bolster a weakling ticket is a tired and unprofitable tactic. No, scratch that. Using a conservative in this way is nothing more than baiting the trap with an attractive scent so that we’ll all be trapped and killed.

In this election, far too many conservatives will be willing to go down that road and, as a result, we’ll likely see another BO term. If, and I do mean if, the country can be saved after that, it will be far more open to men and women of principle and direct action than the weak and vaccilating are now - “conservatives” included. Any candidate who is chiefly electable is nothing more than an empty husk that mirrors the fears and greed of an unprinciple electorate.

We are in deep, deep waters and principles - even unpopular and unelectable ones - are exactly the prescription needed to save the Republic.

My $0.02

[jdsteel]

Like it or not, picking a VP to show some love for the base, to make up for a weak spot in the candidate and to help win a state are all tried and true methods. It is way too soon to call it for Romney, but there is a good chance we'll be saddled with him. Newt has really disappointed me lately, Perry is way down in the polls, Paul isn't a valid option and Huntsman may as well give it up. The top 3 now are Romney, Gingerich and Santorum. Organizationally and financially Rick is by far the distant third. Ideologically he is my first choice of the three, so I will cheer him on, but I do not expect him to be able to pull it off. Any one of those three can beat Obama, and any one of those three could lose to Obama (IMHO); so that isn't part of it for me.

[dsc]

“Any candidate who is chiefly electable is nothing more than an empty husk that mirrors the fears and greed of an unprinciple electorate.”

So true. These people who base their votes on “electability” drive me crazy.

What if Obama jumped parties and entered the race for the Republican Nomination? Are conservatives going to vote for him because he is the most electable?

If the Stupid Party ran a halfway competent campaign—I know, figure the odds—they could beat the Bamtard with a brown paper bag full of guano as their candidate.

A principled conservative would carry the day. Unfortunately, the corrupt RINO elite will not allow a principled conservative to become the Republican candidate.