Anyway, voting for a third party is only half a vote for Obama. Basic math.
Hey, I don’t like this sandwich any more than the next guy. And I, too, note the suspicious odors coming from between the slices of bread.
But the game has been played and we lost. Now it is time to deal with the short term consequences.
Long term... We gotta figure out a way to stop losing this game, or find a game we can win.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not at all in favor of voting for (R)Money, but I understand those who would.
And we keep missing the point of why conservatives lost. This is not Romney’s fault or the GOP-E. Do we expect them to lie down and have a candidate they don’t support?
The fault comes back to Sarah Palin, DeMint, and other GOP conservative leaders. None made sure a viable, top-tier candidate entered the race nor did they endorse early to push one of the second-tier candidates to the top. The GOP Tea Party Caucus in the House did not come together early on in the primaries and endorse a candidate.
The Tea Party’s grass roots nature is also it’s downfall. We needed an early, clear winner to emerge and no organization or group had the will to gather together with others, to network, and to make some small compromises to make that happen. The grooming for that should have happened 3 years ago.
Instead we waited with baited breath to see what Sarah would and she decided not to run at practically the last minute. I am a Palin supporter, but most of the blame for a Romney nomination falls on her. She waited too long to say she’s not getting in, and she never pulled out all the stops and rallied people in support of a candidate. She is the only one who individually could have made that happen and she refused to use that power.
I like Gingrich much better than Romney, but unless major conservative leaders rally around him now, there is no chance of him winning the GOP nomination. Even then it is only a slight chance.
If conservatives take control of the House leadership positions and the GOP gets control of the Senate, the country will be destroyed. If the change in House and Senate happens, Romney can be forced into submission. Obama cannot. He will continue to do his executive orders and unconstitutional actions that are miles away from Romney’s good old boy liberalism. The one redeeming thing about Romney is that he caves to pressure while Obama doesn’t. Barring a miracle with Gingrich, we need to have Romney in the White House and have a Congress that can exert this pressure on him.