[dirtboy]

Well, I'll put that up against the problems a Mitt win presents to conservatives. If Mitt wins, the GOP-E elements in Congress will immediately go back to embracing Mitt's liberalism instead of fighting Obama's. Mitt will probably turn Obamacare into a Romneystein version of its former self, instead of trying to kill it outright. And Mitt is incredibly weak at projecting his view for America the way Reagan was. As a result, I can see significant GOP losses in 2014 if he becomes president. And the GOP-E, emboldened by the win, will redouble its efforts to sandbag the Tea Party and fight much-need changes to government that are far bigger than either Obama or Romney.

Yeah, I can see how Romney would represent a short-term improvement over Obama in areas such as taxes, energy and the overall economy. The longer term? Much more nebulous and fraught with deep pitfalls.

So the conservative concerns about Romney are nowhere near as shallow as some try to portray.

[Jim Robinson]

Very well stated, dirtboy. And the absolute truth. The GOP-e should not be playing fast and loose with our Liberty, but it does appear they’ve gone totally progressive. The conservatives within the GOP desperately need reinforcements, but Romney, Rove and company are hell bent on destroying the tea party. We are a lethal threat to their progressive agenda so we must be destroyed.

Unfortunately, tea party conservatives DeMint, Palin, et al, are toeing the company line. I think FR may be one of the last remaining lines of resistance. Hannity’s no help. Coulter flopped. Laura Ingraham Loyal Blue. Rush will always be GOP no matter much he preaches against RINOism. Levin? Don’t know. Saw some signs of resistance yesterday at RedState.