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Do we have a need to BE conservative? If Obama is such a pushover, why in the world wouldn’t we nominate a conservative candidate then? Are we going to wait for a tough election to try and get a conservative in there? Makes no sense. We need to care about principles, not just about “winning.” We won with Arnold in California once, and we’ll have the EXACT SAME RESULTS if Mitt wins. I can’t think of two Republicans more similar to each other than Mitt and Arnold. Our party will be in shambles.

I would LOVE to nominate a good conservative candidate who could beat Obama and serve as a conservative President for at least four years.

Unfortunately, it is highly questionable at best whether such a candidate is in this race. I would FAR prefer Gingrich, Santorum, or Perry to Romney as President. The problem is that a lot of swing voters would seem to prefer four more years of Obama to Gingrich, Santorum, or Perry.

As for the rest, while I'm not a fan of Romney, I disagree that he is the same as Arnold. I think both our country and our party would be far better off with Romney as President than with four more years of Obama. While the likelihood of a Republican Congress for at least the first two years will somewhat mitigate the damage Obama could do in a second term, I don't think it will be enough for stop Obama from fundamentally moving this country to the left. After all, while we had a conservative backlash against the liberalism of the 60s and 70s, we are still living with and suffering from almost all of the major policies of the Great Society.

I'm not backing Romney because I haven't given up yet on the possibility that a more conservative candidate could beat Obama. However, if I became certain that Romney was the only candidate with a chance of beating Obama, then Romney would have my vote in the primary.