It depresses me sooo much to see at least three people on this thread who avow that they won’t vote for Romney if he is the nominee.
That, of course, is a vote for Obama.
I cannot even fathom a conservative voting for Obama but that’s what this kind of stance will result in.
Praying we all come to our senses. We can teach the GOP a lesson in other ways. I’m already doing it by refusing to renew my membership in the National Party and telling them why.
You can’t change a party from without... it has to be from within.
If he is elected he will lose anyway, but these people are representing the frustration of many if not most Conservatives in America. The Party ignores and in many cases hurts their chances of winning and after all that we are expected to do whatever they want.
The bigger issue is Chairmen and Captains of their districts are not going to put any effort in getting him elected and will focus on local.
This issue needs to be discussed because it is real, Romney is not a Conservative who believes in socialized medicine.
Pray for America
I respect those on this thread that say they will never vote for Romney (there are quite a few others on FR as well). That said, I tend to agree with you. I hope that Newt can pull it off. Do I like Romney - no. If Romney is the nominee, I’ll have a hard time voting for him, but will probably do so (still have several months to make a firm decision) - I only hope that he has a really articulate & conservative VP and we get more Tea Party types in the House & Senate and have a majority in both.
Some think Romney will be almost as bad as Obama and/or want to teach the GOP a lesson. I have a hard time seeing how almost anyone, including Romney, could be anywhere near as bad for our country as Obama has been. As I said in another post, if Obama wins things are going to get worse as IMHO he’ll think he has a mandate to push ahead with his EOs, etc. Romney may have his faults, but I don’t believe that he and his wife hate our country.
Here’s the last paragraph in an article by Ron Lipsman on American Thinker (I disagree with him that Romney is the best one and, unlike him, I think Newt would lead a conservative counter revolution):
“The point is: whoever is the ultimate nominee among the remaining four, even if he wins in the fall, that person will not lead the counter-revolution conservatives so desperately seek. But the potential damage to our country from a second Obama term is incalculable. Thus the prime goal must be to defeat Obama. Given the choices, Romney seems to have the best chance to do so. Perhaps we can tread water with Romney while a true Reagan successor emerges further down the pike.”
Many people believe Romney is better than what we have now.
It is hard to believe Gingrich can pull this one out because of lack of funding. Obama has tons of money to attack Romney. At this point, the MSM is going to make huge profits from political ads this election. Newt Gingrich will not be able to compete. Romney is the only horse or we will have Obama.