Do you think Parker & Noonan really want Obama to win? Did Noonan not read the editorial in The Wall Street Journal (her paper, mind you) about the disastrous effects of a Dem trifecta?
I can understand a disgruntled conservative voting for Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin. I don’t agree with it, it’s not pragmatic, but I at least understand the point of view there. But no conservative, not now, not EVER, could vote affirmatively FOR Obama. Any “conservative” that does that doesn’t have very strong convictions.
Only Chistopher Buckley has openly come out in favor of Obama, but Parker's high fives and Noonan's bizarre screeds seem to suggest an exasperration that can only be harmful at this point. Yes, the republican party, and consrvativism itself is in disarray and hasn't had an articulate spokesperson in many years, but the dialogue on that issue should begin after the election. Not three weeks before. If Obama wins, then that discussion won't even matter for several years.