[sockmonkey]

Barring the former being dumped at the GOP Convention for a Conservative

Since he has the Delegates, he has the nomination. Why would anyone vote for Virgil Goode? Brings to mind the name Ross Perot.

I might want to drive a Toyota Tundra, but if my realistic options are keeping a bicycle with a broken chain that I fear could endanger me, or going with a motorbike, I will take the motorbike.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Why would anyone vote for Virgil Goode?"

Because he's a Conservative. Why would a Conservative vote for a Socialist like Willard ?

[entropy12]

Does Virgil Goode has a chance to win in November 2012?
If yes, vote for him by all means. If not, he is irrelevant.
Note that losers in elections have zero power to change anything towards conservative agenda. Examples: Hoffman in NY-23, Angle in Nevada, O’Donnell in DE. All excellent conservatives, I even sent some of them campaign donations, but all have now become ineffective & irrelevant.

Was’nt it Reagan who said I will vote for the most conservative candidate who can get elected? So your thinking seems the right approach to me.