[Vintage Freeper]

"It is going to be a very, very, very hard sell that I can believe anything Mitt says."

That is understandable and everybody would have a right to be skeptical. But if Koch vouches for him, Palin vouches for him, and Newt plus the others vouch for him, the smart thing to do is believe and vote with the hope and expectation that Romney would live up to expectations because there are no other alternatives today that would even remotely offer any chance at all for turning the country around.

This is the best possible political deal in town. No one is going to put anything forward at this point that is credibly better or offers anything remotely close to the kind of potential this puts on the political table.

And even if Romney turned out to be a complete disappointment, it is still a better outcome than the alternatives. Why?

Having been Vice President, Sarah Palin's stature and presence in future elections will be compelling. It is not possible for me to believe the Democrats could ever find a credible opponent to run against her.

[Windflier]

...if Koch vouches for him, Palin vouches for him, and Newt plus the others vouch for him, the smart thing to do is believe and vote with the hope and expectation that Romney would live up to expectations

Sorry friend, but authority figures don't do my thinking for me. If our Republican luminaries want to sell out their convictions for a bunch of false promises from a demonstrated liberal, they're more than welcome to do so. They'll never have my support again.

[mo]

The Conservative Cause is clearly served by an Obama re-election rather than a Romney win.

A Right leaning/Conservative Congress can easily remain united behind an Obama re-election....whereas the same Congress will be sliced and diced by the RINOS if Romney is in the White House.

The Powers That Be fully understand this....

[JediJones]

We’re not idiot battered wives who fall in love with a “dreamy” guy who’s a complete jerk but thinks we can change him if we “love him enough.”

Bush, Sr. fired all of Reagan’s people as soon as he won the presidency despite being there for 8 years as V.P. You can’t teach an old RINO new tricks. Palin won’t be allowed anywhere near a Romney administration.

As Rush explained on Greta a few months ago, the Republican party is not a conservative party. When a true conservative gets through it’s either by accident, by the grass roots fighting them the entire way there, or because they feel they have no alternative except bring in the conservative or they’ll lose the election.

A rubber stamped RINO president isn’t necessarily going to be any better for the country than a gridlocked Democrat president. Plus we get another chance in 4 years if Romney loses, but not for 8 years if he wins. And if he’s as popular as Ford or Bush, Sr., then he’ll simply pave the way for a return of Obama or another liberal president in 2016, and within that 4 years they’d have enough time to rebuild a majority in Congress and avoid all gridlock.

[af_vet_rr]

And even if Romney turned out to be a complete disappointment, it is still a better outcome than the alternatives.

Actually it's about the same and neither Romney nor Obama is desirable. Obama at least has some resistance from Republicans in Congress, but Romney? Romney would be able to push his projects through easily since he could get the support of Democrats and Republicans.

[af_vet_rr]

But if Koch vouches for him, Palin vouches for him, and Newt plus the others vouch for him, the smart thing to do is believe and vote with the hope and expectation that Romney would live up to expectations because there are no other alternatives today that would even remotely offer any chance at all for turning the country around.

George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, and John McCain all had respected people supporting them, and what did we get? Either losses to Democrats, or bigger, more powerful, more expensive, and more intrusive government.

Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain have done this country very little good, so it's time to stop listening to who others tell us to vote for, and it's time to start voting as Conservatives.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Vintage Freeper.

[seekthetruth]

"It is going to be a very, very, very hard sell that I can believe anything Mitt says."

**************** That is understandable and everybody would have a right to be skeptical. But if Koch vouches for him, Palin vouches for him, and Newt plus the others vouch for him, the smart thing to do is believe and vote with the hope and expectation that Romney would live up to expectations because there are no other alternatives today that would even remotely offer any chance at all for turning the country around.

I agree with EVERYTHING you said above. And everyone who knows of me or knows me personally knows I do favor Newt to be our nominee. BUT if Mitt Romney does end up being the Republican nominee, I certainly will support him. And I will be the kind of boots on the ground volunteer who does EVERYTHING I can to see that the Republican nominee takes the state of Florida on November 6, 2012! Our goal MUST be to remove Obama from our White House!

[TBP]

Romney is a “progressive” and he’s not a man with a real philosophical core. The most he might do is slow things down a bit.

After the way he set out to destroy Santorum, Gingrich, and the others, and given his record as governor, I don’t see why anyone would trust him to do anything to stop the decline.