[Theophilus]

Can I vote for someone like that? Not as a first choice, but at this point my only alternative is Romney or going third-party, and those aren't choices I want to make since they're conceding the 2012 election to Obama.

I'm conceding the election to God. I anticipate voting for the Constitution Party.

Of course, we can and probably will agree to disagree. I have a group of Ron Paul supporters in my own church who I have argued against regularly, and that doesn't mean I think they're bad people; I just think they're wrong.

I like Ron Paul and I was going to vote for him but he equivocated on abortion. Abortion is the biggest security, economic and social threat in history, not to mention spiritual. And our party and country are hiding our faces from it. I would say that it makes us vulnerable to God's curse but I think it is God's curse. Every thing else is a deck chair issue.

[darrellmaurina]

I can respect that, Theophilus.

I'm not prepared to give up on the Republican Party. The Constitution Party is the best of the major “third parties” out there and probably the only viable option for conservative Christians who believe the Republican Party is no longer an option. The Libertarians and the Greens are not choices that are realistic for frustrated pro-life Republicans, but I would not be surprised to see a number of Ron Paul people end up in the Libertarian Party, which is where they probably should have started anyway.

The problem is a vote for the Constitution Party in 2012 is probably a vote that will help re-elect Obama. For people who live in a state where the Republicans have no chance this fall or where the Republicans will win by a large margin, voting for the Constitution Party may make sense.

I can't say that in close states, especially not before the nominee has been decided. But for those who can't in good conscience vote Republican, that's probably the only other choice.