Actually I think the real problem is we split our conservative vote between too many candidates, and the establishment RINO then wins by a plurality.
It happens every election cycle; we all get fired up about different conservatives, and then start bickering back and forth about who is “more’ conservative, strengthening our resolve to ‘not compromise’ our ‘principles’.
All the while the establishment candidate is racking up delegates and moving toward the nomination.
See: Nixon, Ford, Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain, and now Romney.
I am sick of the RINO parade and would really like a real conservative this time.
I honestly think we need to come together early behind a single conservative and keep our conservative base strong and united.
This will be very hard to do with the various factions of conservatives.
To me that candidate is Sarah Palin, but if we split our votes and dilute our power, we will hand the nomination to the establishment RINO, just as we did in 2008.
I’m thinking a vote in the primaries for anyone but Sarah is a defacto vote for Romney.
The idea behind this is very simple - support one good conservative candidate throughout the primaries. It makes perfect sense and I would be 100% onboard with it. I just wonder whether everybody else would be.