I have thought it through and come to my conclusion. You have done likewise and come to a different conlcusion. I acccept that and understand your reasoning and intent. I have the same intent to keep the Republic from harm...or, further or worse harm in this case.
Virgil is not going to win. End of story. It will be either Obama or Romney...irrespective of what you or I or a few thousand people here on FR do.
As to his Judge nominations, I have talked with people who lived there during the Romney admin. As you have indicated, the Committee had the lion’s share of the power. He was constrained. But after that, it still had to clear a overwhelmingly liberal legislature...and so of course, the end product was as liberal as it could be in that environment. Romney was hobbled and, IMHO, tried to make the best of a losing situation from his very moderate standpoint.
Do not get me wrong. I do not like his record, but I also recognize where he was and what constraints were upon him as Governor of that state and that a lot that is being attributed to him personally was not really him, but the overall liberal nature of the state, its legislature and its laws that hobbled anything good he may have wanted to do.
Now, he is free of all of that, indicates that he has changed in very specific areas, and has put together a platform on the issues for the last 5-6 years that he is running on which is, on its face, not that terribly bad.
My point is simple. That is a whole lot better than what we have from Obama and the only real two choices we have in terms of who the actual next President will be are these two.
One a very moderate Republican from Mass who says he has now seen the light and is running on a platform reflecting that, and the other a Kenyan Marxist who is intent on detroying the Republic and is alreayd well on his way in his 1st term to doing so.
For me, though it is certainly not the choice I wanted, the choice between the two is still very clear.
That’s what I intend to do and why and I believe if we put in place the conservative (spelled Tea Party) congress we simply must have in any case, that Romney will govern accordingly.
Will he be “really good?” Probably not. But I believe on the economy, on the military, in foreign affairs, and with ObamaCare and other social issues he will be a vast improvement over Obama.
God’s speed. Time will soon tell how this will play out and I pray God’s guidance on the people of this nation, all those who love America and cherish our way of life and liberty, that they may be guided to help us turn away from the precipice we are teetering over.
It comes down to a trust issue - I do not trust Romney, and do not believe he is really making the changes he claims to be making. I sincerely hope I'm wrong about that, but fear that I am not. I simply cannot and will not vote for him.