There have been a lot of good, adult conservative conversations here in the last 15 years. Why are you here?
You are here, nps, because you found a conservative forum once upon a time, and it resonated with what you believe. That conservatism was aligned with republicanism made it convenient at election time to vote for something resembling your principles.
However, the Republican party has left its principles in ramming through Romney over the objections of its base. Now that base is disgruntled and some wonder why we don’t do the compromise thing one more time.
Why? Because there is no semblance of conservatism in Romney. He is a liberal. He’s always been a liberal. He’ll be a liberal if he gets in office.
Conservatives don’t vote for liberals. It’s a matter of principle. Adults operate on principle.