Just to clarify: as for me, I am not in the "Better Obama than Romney" crowd, I am in the "I won't hold my nose and vote for a Liberal" crowd - regardless of the party affiliation.
I bet many others here are the same way.
If they want my vote, they need to present a candidate I agree with and support. One I can have respect for when I don't agree.
I am not a Republican - I am a Conservative. If there is no Conservative on the ballot, then there is no one for my vote. I don't vote straight ticket - ever; never have, never will.
Well aren't you just sooo very special. Your assertion is irrelevant as the end result is the same. Yours is a distinction without a difference . . . either you are working to stop the reelection of the most destructive and dangerous fascist in American history, or you are helping him win.
No third party candidacy will help conservatives. No refusal to vote for Romney will benefit any conservative cause--but it will ensure Obama's reelection.
Standing on principle would be small comfort to me if the entire nation is brought down because of it.
America faces a simple choice in the upcoming elections . . . either Obama wins and America finishes its rapid trip down the toilet of Marxism/socialism with all of the loss of liberties and freedoms Americans have come to expect, or Obama loses and America is given another chance to get it right--next time around.
To fail, for Obama to get reelected is for America to die--not really cool with that . . . I guess you holier-than-thou types are.