[Antoninus]

What it comes down to is all this back and forth will not change a thing. I have yet to see one FReeper posting that their mind was changed because another Freeper convinced them that their position was wrong. Just my two cents...

That is not my experience on FR at all. People change their minds all the time regarding candidates to support. It's my contention that if Virgil Goode managed to get up around 10% in a national poll, a lot of people would give him a serious look. If you think that's out of reach, look how well Rick Santorum did in the GOP primaries with hardly any money at all. He went from 0.5% of the vote to winning the Iowa primary in about two months.

In my opinion, the absolute worst thing conservatives can do is knuckle under to Romney, Inc. and accept the liberal takeover of the GOP as a fait accompli. One of the ways we fight it is to make sure a destructive candidate like Romney loses. And if you think that's somehow disloyal, let me remind you--that's exactly what the GOP-e does to conservative Republicans in northeastern states who manage to win their primaries. Until we stop acting like sheep, nothing will change.

[Kickass Conservative]

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

It is my opinion, one that I share with Mark Levin, that we have a chance to support “our” Candidate in the Primary Elections, that is what they are for. Once the Primaries are over, the game changes.

Since “we” don't control the final Vote tallies, we either support the last man standing or we decide to acquiesce to our Political opponents. This Election is much more than Politics, and some here feel that the Nation will not survive Obama’s Reelection. That is just the way it is.

Choices will be made. My guy Newt is dropping out tomorrow, so I will make a symbolic Vote in the CA June Primary for Ron Paul. That is where symbolism will end for me though.

(And Yes, I understand that most of us here look at Romney as a Political opponent). We can influence Romney's Politics, just as we did with President Bush. We cannot influence Obama’s relentless attack on our Liberties.