Well said. There came a point in time when reasonable individuals had to come to terms with which candidate could and which candidates could not ever be nominated. The failure to do so in a timely fashion (and something we realized from Day One) has resulted in this disaster. We knew Mitt was the only guy who had the organization, money, message and platform to fight the Estabishment. We did what William Buckley suggested we do --- choose the most viable and electable conservative. He forgot to tell us that the very people who agree with what we agree with (other conservatives) would fail to see the wisdom in that advice and split the vote so many ways allowing McCain to win.
What Pete Hoekstra said today seems to apply:
"They're interested in their own particular ideology, not in winning," Hoekstra said. "They never find the perfect candidate. The only way they would find the perfect candidate is if they ran for office themselves. And if they did, they wouldn't win."
It took too long for too many conservatives to realize, Mitt was it. The talk show hosts jumped on his bandwagon too late, and when they did they put McCain down more than they talked up Mitt...NOT the way to go.
Timing is everything and when it's all wrong, there's almost nothing more frustrating.
We did what William Buckley suggested we do -— choose the most viable and electable conservative.
***He was viable, he was electable, so the weak point in your argument seems to be what many FReepers have been saying all along.