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For me, this election is a no-brainer. We must remove Obama/Biden from the White House while simultaneously building on our Tea-Party 2010 successes in the legislatures. Lots more Tea Party/conservative candidates downticket in 2012. I say, let the momentum continue. We stopped Obama in his tracks in 2010 by taking over the House, we can obliterate Obama by taking the senate and White House in 2012.

There is a small cadre of posters on FR who are dedicated to polluting every election thread with their hateful anti-Romney screeds 24/7 (don't these people have lives outside Free Republic). It definitely gives this place a DU kind of feel.

Most of us are unhappy with Romney as nominee, including myself. Speaking for myself, I was also less than thrilled with John McCain, both Bushes and Bob Dole. I haven't had a GOP nominee I was happy about since 1984 when I was just a young man who was serving in the military and not even married yet.

Personally, I think the method of choosing a nominee is badly flawed. Why do small states like New Hampshire and Iowa have so much influence while conservative powerhouses like Texas don't even get a say (the nomination is usually decided by the time the primaries come to them)?

Maybe we can change the method by which we choose our nominees because it does not seem very conducive to choosing the most conservative nominee.

So until we change things, the fact is we have Mitt Romney at the top of the ticket. I am encouraged by the choice of Paul Ryan. I think Ryan is a "Tea Party" pick much like Sarah Palin was a Tea Party pick by McCain.

The difference this time around is that Paul Ryan is seasoned in Beltway politics and is fully prepared for what is coming his way. In other words, we don't have to worry about Ryan having a "Katie Couric" moment. In fact bubbleheads like Couric might be afraid to take on Ryan because he can run circles around them.

Not to diminish Palin, who would have made a fine VP or President, but she was definitely unprepared for the unbridled hate and undeserved ridicule that was heaped upon her by the mainstream media - who were bound and determined to get their Obama elected at any cost, even at the expense of sacrificing any journalistic integrity they ever had.

Speaking of Palin, even she is onboard with the Paul Ryan pick and that is good enough for me. I am supporting the Romney/Ryan ticket wholeheartedly and voting Tea Party conservative all the way downticket. If we don't turn this country around now and build on our 2010 successes, we probably never will.