That was a fair, logical assessment. I agree with what you posted.
I get caught up sometimes just like the next guy. But I do try to be fair, and I do try not to bash OUR candidates, and I am not trying to sway anyone’s opinion (yet).
But at some point, I will. At some point, if we don't coalesce around a particular Not-Romney candidate, then we'll be stuck with Romney.
If 75% of the GOP doesn't want Romney, but if we split the vote like this:
Romney 24%
Cain 22%
Perry 20%
Gingrich 13%
Paul 10%
Bachmann 5%
Santorum 2%
Others 4%
Then we're stuck with the one person that MOST of us don't want.
So at some point, a good number of us are going to have to give up our vote for “our guy/gal” and give our vote to the Not-Romney who stands a better chance of winning.
I would ask all the fans of the lower tier candidates to really take a long hard look at the facts, and the reality that your candidate can not win. So you can make a choice to split the vote — in which case we are all stuck with Romney — or give your vote to someone who CAN win, so that we can (a) put up someone besides Romney, and (b) beat Obama.
And the sooner the lower tier fans make this choice, the better for the GOP and for America. We need to coalesce around a Not-Romney candidate as soon as we can. (And by that, I mean as soon as we have all vetted each of the candidates.)
It would be a shame to go into Iowa with a vote that is this split. In fact, it would be pathetic.