No offense taken. I am a die-hard Perry supporter or a die-hard Santorum supporter and I'll hang on until the end. I shouldn't have to settle for a candidate because the numbers aren't there. That's not why I vote.
You just proved my point. If Perry were to bow out this week, you'd shift your support to one of the remaining conservatives in the race. I've already had to shift my own support twice during this contest, as my favored candidates fell by the wayside.
I shouldn't have to settle for a candidate because the numbers aren't there.
Reality's a bitch, isn't it? Truth is, you don't have to settle, but you do have to accept that by staying cemented to one candidate for ideological reasons, you may help to throw the whole horse race to a candidate who's at the opposite end of your ideological spectrum.
That said, I've now been pushed to the wall. There's no further retreat for me. I've only got so much capacity to compromise. If Newt doesn't make it, I'll be requesting a write-in ballot in the general, and voting for Sarah Palin.