Free Republic is suffering an ideological divide between those who think we can survive another 4 years of Obama and so are fighting for the future soul of the GOP, and those who are not currently concerned about the future soul of the GOP because it won’t matter if we don’t survive the next 4 years under Obama.
That explains the contentious division here in a nutshell.
It is those who fear Obama’s impact on the nation most vs. those who fear Romney’s impact on the GOP most.
Free Republic is suffering from an ideological divide between those who understand that Romney and Obama will be on the same side in the coming civil and those who are oblivious and imagine that this is just another election.