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Okay. So you would not be his VP. And you don’t expect to be asked, you’re on the same footing with Newt.

So You won’t vote for Mitt, you wouldn’t be his VP if he asked you, but you’ll vote for the guy who says he would not say no to being Mitt’s VP. Newt and you don’t expect to be asked but only you will rule it out, even though Newt’s chances of being asked, frankly, are a lot higher than yours. I mean if you had to bet who do you think Mitt would ask, you or Newt?

You think Newt won’t vote for Romney if he’s the Republican candidate? I know what you think that makes ordinary people here on FR. Does that make Newt the same thing? What does that then make you if you vote for Newt?

I am not saying this to absolve Romney. I am trying to get you to realize Newt is not the conservative’s answer because he isn’t a conservative. Conservatives do not do climate change commercials with Nancy Pelosi and give support to the liberal take on global warming. Conservatives do not trash Paul Ryan’s budget plans as being “too radical”. Conservatives do not come out in support of the individual mandate style of healthcare. Conservatives do not say that to meet the challenges of our generation we need to combine what he considers the best qualities of FDR and Reagan. Conservatives are not in favor of the artficial market and subsidies of ethanol.

If a candidate other than Romney is the answer, which I believe is correct, it better be someone other than Newt. Preferably getting one of the conservatives who didn’t run, to understand the seriousness of what we’re facing, and decide to run. It’s the only thing that will energize the conservative base. True conservatives are the only chance to energize the conservative base.