Romney did not “just” get the most votes. He was hand-picked by the GOP establishment, who then went on to destroy his competitors while supporting him. They went after Cain and Bachmann, and then made sure that nobody could even oppose him in Virginia. Only he and Ron Paul made the Virginia ballot.
This was no fair contest that Romney won out of popularity with the people. He had no traction early. None. He won a war of attrition because the GOP establishment that hand-picked him then threw their full support behind him while trashing his opponents.
Grow up. Or not. I don’t care much either way.
Much like Dems in '08. Difference being the Dems had enouogh sense to get behind their guy like it or not.
The GOP establishment didn’t force anybody to vote for anyone. We were well aware of all the candidates. Romney got the most votes in the primary, period.
You’re right of course, but there just aren’t enough sane people in America to make Conservatives a majority. Wish it wan’t so.
Look FRiend, almost every primary that Romney won was because the conservative votes were split among a number of candidates. Had the conservatives gotten their stuff together and fielded just one candidate, we would have very likely defeated Romney and the GOP-e. But the conservatives did not do that. The conservative vote remained split in state after state, allowing Romney to win.
So I ask you, whose fault was it that we were splitting our vote among four (then three, then two...) different conservative candidates?
The Phyllis Schlafly "A Choice Not an Echo" thing goes back to the days when there were strong conservative candidates who were denied the nomination: Taft, Goldwater, Reagan. Was Caine or Bachmann or Gingrich or Perry really of the same caliber?
If there had been a qualified conservative in the race, Romney might not have won the nomination. But there wasn't so he did. You can't beat somebody with nobody. You can't even beat nobody with nobody.