Here we go already, Colonel.
“You have to vote for candidate X, even though you have no idea how they feel about numerous issues or know they are on the wrong side of conservative principles because they are the lesser of 2 evils.”
Walker has already flipped on amnesty and government handouts, and we still have 20 months before the election. Rather than wait to see if he’s going to keep flipping, people are sticking with him out of desperation born of hopelessness of our current political system. I don’t blame them - I’ve done that myself for several election cycles. At some point, I just got skeptical and want a candidate that can be trusted.
I don't think I have heard anyone make that statement, or even imply it. We are still way too early in the process for most people to have a clear idea of which candidate they will ultimately support. We don't know enough about Walker or Cruz or Carson or any of the other candidates to make a definitive choice - we may know who we prefer at this point, but that is all.
More may come out about Cruz or Walker that would add up to the point where I could not support either. I am not at that point with either yet.
You say that Walker flipped on amnesty, but fail to point out that he moved toward the CONSERVATIVE position on amnesty. If a candidate was to change their position, wouldn't you want them moving toward you, not away from you?
It remains to be seen if these are changes for political convenience, or if Walker has really changed his mind on these issues. If it was a real change of mind, then we should see specific policy proposals to implement those positions if he were to be elected. IF it is just lip-service, then we will probably just see a rehash of proposals put forth by others, without a lot of thought put into the implementation.
But there is almost a year before the first primaries, so we will have a lot of time to look at all of the candidates and see how they shake out on the issues. We will see some changes by most of them as they flesh out their campaigns. What those changes will say about them, who knows.