For me, Romney is a vote of last resort only.
And, unless the conservatives, Santorum, Perry and Newt quickly coalese and boil down to a single conservative, so they can garner all of the conservative vote behind one candidate, we will be faced with Romney winning the nomination.
He takes a part of the conservatives, but a majority of the moderates and independents.
We simply have to see a single good conservative going up against him, then that person will ride that wave to the nomination.
But it better happen soon, no later, IMHO, then right after SC. Otherwise, if Romney ends up winning Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina (because of the split vote for conservatives) and then Florida for the same reasons...the momentum will be hard to stop.
So, Santorum, Perry, and Gingrich, get together after NH...or no later than after SC and make the hard decisions for the sake of the country. Which ever of you three has garnered the most vote and delegates at that point should be endorsed by the other two who then drop out and throw their support behind that person.
Othewrwise it will be Romney against Obama. I do believe Romney can win, and that he owuld be far better than Obama...but also far less than what we as conservatives want and need to post haste begin turning this nation around and back to its fundamental, moral and conservative roots.
Barack Hussein Obama - Thje man who despises America
http://www.jeffhead.com/obama-time.htm
America at the Crossroads of History
http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm
I concur, I have been thinking the same thing. Let us say it is Santorum and he picks Newt for VP ASAP and the others ( Including Bachmann and Cain) throw their weight onto it, it is a momentum stopper for Romney.
But I hate to say it, I don't trust Michelle, I can see her angling for a Cabinet post. Sorry I call them as I see them.
“unless the conservatives, Santorum, Perry and Newt quickly coalese and boil down to a single conservative, so they can garner all of the conservative vote behind one candidate, we will be faced with Romney winning the nomination.”
These guys are _politicians_, Jeff, with egos to match.
Do you _really_ expect them to do something like that?
I certainly don’t. And, like you, I know what the results are going to be....
Have you broken down the primaries by proportionate representation vs winner-take-all states? I ask because I wonder if, even with a split conservative vote, it’s possible to deny Romney a simple majority of delegates and get a brokered convention.