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Go ahead and explain to me how voting for Mitt is acceptable without abandoning everything you claim to believe in as a conservative. Don’t duck it. Answer that one simple question.

I'll try: Because Romney has to run to the right of 0bama, and that means he will be subject to influence from the right if he wants to win one term and even more so to have any hope at a second term. 0bama is entirely a creature of the Left and responds only to the leftist impulse. Moreover, if reelected, 0bama has absolutely nothing to lose. Expect an all-out leftist assault until his second term ends or he is (we would have to hope) completely neutered by the 2014 midterm. As between two admittedly bad options, I want the guy I might be able to influence nominating life-term Supreme Court justices and federal judges, as opposed to the dyed-in-the-wool leftist.

I totally agree with JR that working comprehensively on the lower levels is the key to getting back the party, but I also think there is value in doing everything possible to get the Court back solidly on an originalist footing. Think about the policy issues that make your blood really boil. There's probably an adverse, activist Supreme Court decision behind 90% of them.

You tried. but ‘running to the right’ does not a conservative make. And to vote for him, one has, by definition to accept his stance on gay rights et all, which are the opposite of conservative.

A conservative, by definition cannot do so.