Of course it is "group think". And the group on this "board" from the beginning are here as it is a place where like minded "conservatives" (dwindling group it seems) can gather and make their voices "heard" (seen).
It has never been, and based upon the latest posts by the owner, never will be a "Party" "board".
Fred Dalton Thompson, other than Duncan Hunter, is the only real Constitutional Conservative in the race for the Republican nomination.
Why wouldn't a "group" of conservatives engage in "group think" with him being the only alternative to more Republican gobbely goop?
Did you read the National Review reasoning for their endorsement of Romney?
The operant term is "viable".
That's where I "get it".