For that reason, he sees no qualitative difference between Barack Obama or Gingrich or Romney, all of whom have expressed Progressive ideas at one time or another. And yet, in truth, they vary dramatically in the extent to which they adhere to Progressive doctrine. Obama is an extreme Progressive. Romney is somewhat less so, and Gingrich considerably less than Romney. But Beck clearly hates Gingrich on a very personal level, and that poisons his judgment.
As a conservative, I don't care for the choices, but one must be made. Romney is a non-starter for me, and always has been. He has no core beliefs, and will be destroyed by Obama in the general election for the same reason that McCain was: he stands for what the GOP leadership does: nothing.
Newt has great flaws, but he also has a great virtue: he thinks that ideas matter and can articulate them. And many of his ideas are very good ones. Rick Santorum would be my choice at this point, because he lacks Newt's personal baggage and is closer to my own ideal of conservatism. Yet we are going to have to select eventually the last man standing. If it is Romney, I will do what I did with McCain: vote for him against Obama and drink a shitload of scotch to wash the sin from my gullet.
Glen was
I’m pretty unlikely to cast a vote in this presidential election and despite the blame that will come my way for Obama being reelected, my conscience is clear.
America is finished and I’m looking out for my own soul and voting for the lesser evil isn’t conducive to that goal.