Thanks! I’ve actually gone back and helped in Georgia...not much, just coordinated volunteers and helped set up rally spots and etc. I didn’t take pay and spent whatever savings I had left.
Apparently it wasn’t enough to some of the other people here.
I understand the anger of a Romney nominee. I’m not exactly happy about it either. I think some posters here forget that we have the same goal- to get Obama out of office. I don’t even disagree that Romney is a bad candidate. But at the point when it’s time to vote, I’m not voting Obama or third party....so who is left?!
See, that really isn't the long term goal. The long term goal is to advance conservatism. The people that say they won't vote for Willard view casting a ballot for him as a net negative to the conservative cause.
I disagree with that point of view and will absolutely vote for, as Mark Levin says, an orange juice can over Obama. However, the calculation many are making is that having a RINO in office (assuming he can even win) for some short term gain actually makes achieving real conservative change even more difficult because the conservative movement gets tied to a mushy moderate. Think how splintered the right was when Bush was busy pushing a new entitlement program, NCLB, amnesty, etc. It isn't a good situation and it stagnates the movement. Still, I think political pragmatism is very often necessary and the known consequences of 4 more years of Hussein are simply too terrible to not do everything in my power to get his carcass out of the White House - and that includes voting for said orange juice can if it's the only thing that even MIGHT have a chance to defeat Obama.
Thank you for working for Gingrich as a volunteer in Georgia. I’m glad that turned into a victory.
Let’s hope there are more victories down the road. It’s a long shot, but I see no other shots out there.