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>> Your argument is based on fear.

That’s at least partly true. I’m voting AGAINST a KNOWN evil. But I don’t see how it matters.

>> the Republican party is a coalition.

OK

>> one of the RULES in coalition politics is that, in general, you have to agree on the big picture stuff ~ and in the United States that means you agree, in general, on the identity and characteristics of the guy at the top of the ballot ~ who runs for President.

The majority of the coalition has to agree, yes.

>> What we have here is a situation where the GOP-e and the Mittbots misused the party’s electoral process to select a bad candidate who does not have broad support.

Ah, here’s where we part ways (in logic if not in ideology).

a) What exactly do you mean by MIS-used? and
b1) If Romney didn’t have broad support, how did he win the primaries going away? and
b2) If Romney didn’t have broad support, how is he neck-and-neck with an incumbent president, pulling away?

Logic pretty much FORCES me to conclude that Romney, like it or not, IS the candidate with BROAD support, even if he’s not MY guy. So, my guy(s) lost and Romney won. I’m not thrilled with that outcome, but what do I do now? Suck it up and vote for the clear lesser of the evils? Or throw a tantrum and help ensure a KNOWN HORRIBLE EVIL ROTTEN outcome?

And: no one has clearly shown me how Obama winning another term will be good for the nation, or conservatism, or me personally, any of those. On the other hand it’s pretty clear that an Obama that need not worry about re-election can and will be poised to wreak utter havoc on the country I love.

In my carefully considered view I must do what is *best*, even if it’s clearly only *marginally* better.

Romney is simply not 'pulling away' ~ in what should be an easy blow out Romney is finding Obama quite competitive.

That's exactly what Conservatives have been telling you guys all along ~ that if you want to beat the mind-numbed knee-jerk robot-like Leftwingtards you have to run a Conservative, not another Leftwingtard!

Now, regarding improprieties in the primaries, Romney's forces definitely reached into the old trick bag in Virginia. And that raises a question for you to answer ~ just how many primaries is a faction allowed to trick before you are at all disturbed? Is one enough? Maybe 10? How about this, states with problems with primaries can do conventions ~ that's what Virginia is doing with the race for the Gubernatorial nomination next year ~ not even going to mess with a primary that would probably be tricked up by Bolling (the chief Mittbot).

NOTE: you'll have to go through that logic of how Romney has "broad support". He still has little support from the Conservative Republicans he rejected.

In fact, he didn't even pull a majority of the votes in the combined primary/caucus totals ~ I believe some analysts give him about 30%.

Cold hard facts are cold hard facts. Your candidate is a loser.