I understand you completely. After Thompson bowed out, I spent a long time reading Romney’s positions and nosing into his past acts. I finally decided to throw in with him because I KNEW that McCain needed to be derailed, and I believed — and still do — that Romney’s the only one with the guns to do that.
As we work through the rest of the primary season, my hope is that Romney and Huckabee will snag enough delegates between them to keep McCain from locking up the nomination. If that happens, [Please, Jesus!] then Huckabee and Romney can make some kind of an alliance to give Huckabee’s delegates to Romney. That would occur, because I think Huckabee will be trailing along in third place when the last of the primary elections wraps up. It’ll be obvious to him that he’s NOT going to be the nominee; that the BIG decision is between McCain and Romney, and I think Huckabee’s more inclined to throw in with Romney, and make a play to be his VP, than with McCain. If that scenario played out, it would give Romney a lock on the nomination.
It’s all conjectural, at this point, but I’m saying my prayers, and pulling for Romney, ‘cuz I got hope. If reconsidering the situation in that light gives you a sufficiently moral reason to join the push for Romney, you’d be welcome.
I know I would, and I appreciate that. A win this fall would not shake things up in the Republican party though. The carnage that would leave behind would be unacceptable to me even by itself.
The party must implement a nomination selection process more favorable to conservatism. Letting democrat crossovers and independents vote for our nominees is suicidal.
It’s like C-Span breaking people out by Liberal, Moderate, Conservative. You and I both know the L and the M go against us 8 times out of ten.
And we allow them to ifluence our selection. Just damn.