I think generally in primaries, people get emotional about candidate and get upset their candidate didnt win the nomination, but like you said, if you arent going to support the party’s choice then who needs you.

Im sure there will be some in the party who will moan and groan, just like the PUMA camp in 2008 who were Hillary supporters, but they eventually came around, I think there will be some of that, especially if Mitt Romney is not the nominee from his supporters, but overall I think most will support the nominee come November 2012.

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unless it’s Mitt Romney. Can’t go there.

nt.

A much-needed reminder. Any of our losers would be better than a man who wishes our government was more like the one in charge of Red China.

That being said, I just feel like that if America gets to the point where we’ll elect someone the caliber of Mitt Romney as our President then probably all is already lost anyway. While our values, morality and sense of honor and duty have declined precipitously over the past 50 years, we still haven’t sunk to Mitt Romney’s level (I hope)

I know I will have a clean conscience the morning after an Obama-Romney election; others will have to pray and discern and follow where their conscience leads them.

if Romney is the nominee, it is pretty much like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. He will “tweak” here and there but not accomplish much to get the country back on track. It will, however, give me more time to stockpile food and ammo, compared to an Obama presidency, so he will of course have my vote!

I admit that the idea of a MItt Romney presidency leaves me cold, but I am hopeful that we will have a Republican Congress to kick his a$$ when he falters.

Forget the presidency, it’ a Republican majority in both chambers of the Congress that I am hoping for, and a conservative one!

Who’s with ME?

neither one is conservative. fortunately neither one has any chance whatsoever of winning the nomination. but yes, i will vote for whoever wins the nomination.

by the way finrod, good diary. : )

As you said even Luap Nor

if he is the Republican nominee? Interesting. Do you agree with him on national defense issues? If so, your position makes sense. If not, I think you have some explaining to do…

NT

I will vote by absentee ballot, and, er, mail it back in a day late, or something…

As a child of Jewish grandparents, I still have a problem with the shadow anti-Semitism of Paul and a shocking number of his supporters.

But, otherwise I am in complete comportment with your statement. I’d vote for Pee Wee Herman if HE was the nominee against President Obama. I’d vote for my living room sofa over that man…

Though I would have to swallow hard with Romney. I think that there would be a few conservatives and evangelicals whom would stay home. If our preferred conservative candidate cannot win in the primary, then we should stand behind the most conservative nominee. I would rather put the fate of this country in the hands of independents who would have to choose between and incumbent, diehard socialist with a diehard conservative rather than a moderate, GOP establishment candidate. The closest to this type of election that we have had in my lifetime would be Carter-Reagan in 1980. Time to put this kind of choice to all Americans this time around.

Good diary and reminder Finrod about what the main goal of the election should be: Boot out Obama next year.

not here, but elsewhere. And I took it all back, once I re-evaluated and realized I would easily vote for Satan over Obama.

The enormity bundled into those five words should keep everyone here awake at night in a cold sweat…even a year out from the election.

It wasn’t so long ago (2008) that some around here were boldly naïve enough to throw down “Never-Cast-My-Vote-for” ultimatums (1) that make good primary fun but, in the end, attitudes must change in the general…and voters must grow up.

Ntrepid
Proud Redstate Member since April 2006…?

(1)http://archive.redstate.com/blogs/ntrepid/2008/jan/29/and_i_reject_your_shallow_analysis_of_my_never_cast_my_vote_for_mccain_position

PS. I still don’t like John McCain.

if I have to do something as simple as putting a clothespin on my nose or, depending on the candidate, go to the polls in a full-fledged HAZMAT suit.
Getting rid of Obama is much too important for me to get my nose out of joint if my guy isn’t the last man standing. No way I’ll sit this election out.

The answer is YES.

ABSOLUTELY NOT! There are several candidates that I will NEVER vote for, and I have made that perfectly clear since the beginning of this campaign.

McCain was the last “party line” vote the GOP will ever get out of me.

I’m going to vote for the candidate that polls highest in Alaska during our primary that isn’t Romney. And in the general I’m going to vote for whomever is the republican nominee even if it’s Paul…or Romney.

I voted for Dole.
I voted for GHW Bush (twice).

I can vote for any of these clowns.

And not only will I vote for the GOP nominee, I’ll work to make sure that as many people as I can convince vote the same.

and you then had to be 21 to vote so I couldn’t vote for Barry Goldwater who was damn near a perfect conservative. And he got killed. The GOP lost in places they hadn’t lost since Lincoln’s funeral.
In 1980 I happily voted for Reagan. Reagan was not nearly as conservative as Goldwater but he was a nearly perfect candidate. He won. I will never forget when he stood up to PATCO and fired any air controllers who remained on strike. He hastened the demise of the USSR which ended the Cold War.
So electability is important to me. We get nothing if we don’t have the office holders. GW was a disappointment but at the very least we have two quite conservative Supreme Court justices, one of them the chief. Imagine Gore or Kerry instead of Bush.
I will vote for any of the current Republican field. If Obama should win and the GOP loses the congress in 2012, unlikely, or 2014 those who didn’t support the GOP will be like those who ignore a tooth ache. Never a good idea. For what it’s worth I would much prefer Huntsman to Romney. Huntsman is not a flipper and overall is quite a bit more conservative. He also would mop the floor with 44 in any debate.

If Perry win the nomination – I would write-in Ryan. Other than that I could support any of the others.

If Romney wins the nomination I will right in Dick Cheney….

Conservatives seem to need to have a perfect person, while liberals (lieberals) only need someone who other liberals like. Hence we got Obama.

My suggestion: get out and vote. Vote for the BETTER candidate. After all, Jesus is not running in 2012.

One last note. In Ohio, vote FOR Issue 2. Tell the firefighters and police that we elect the politicians to decide how many of them to hire, not their union negotiators. Just remember: when seconds count, the police are minutes away.

I’m currently in Thailand, and may not return to the United States before the Election. That said, if that is the case I’m voting Republican by absentee ballot (I’m a Florida resident), because I think it’s better to accept half a loaf than no loaf at all, and because 4 more years of the People’s Republic of Chicago is unacceptable.

I will not vote ABO. I am sick and tired of hearing the very phrase. We, as a party must be able to to do better than anyone but, it is a negative stance and we owe it the nation to produce a positive one.
I do not want another four years of the O, but please, we can take another four years of him. It will not be pleasant, but we have survived worse.
I honestly think Romney (and Cain, for that matter) could be worse in the long run for the country. We need to turn the country around and off the socialist course we are on. We have that opportunity now, with all thanks to the O. Romney would likely further entrench that course (and Cain as well, simply by giving the fed. gov. new sources of revenue.)
This is the time to stop the train we are on. Until we can stop it we are not safe. Maybe the country needs to see more of O to really get the message, I pray not, but Romney will not stop that train.

However, my level of additional involvement will vary depending on who the candidate is, i.e. Perry and Newt would get more of my time/money than Romney or Cain.

I just love Cain-isms:)

If Cain’s out, my enthusiasm would transfer to Newt. Sure I’d pull it for Paul, Huntsman, Perry or Romney, but my heart wouldn’t be in it.

Got too many Perry people self destructing the GOP. Someone’s got to to save the party.

nominee in 2012.

Let me just put this out there for people to think about. If you do not believe there are real lives at stake in this election, then go right ahead and indulge your little protest vote.

If you do not believe in honoring and supporting the very people who are honoring their oath to defend this country, then by all means go right ahead and indulge in your little protest vote.

If you do not believe in the results of the American Revolution and honoring the people who gave their lives in defense of tyranny, then go right ahead and indulge yourself in your little protest vote.

If after saying the Pledge of Allegiance, you still want to indulge yourself in your little protest vote, go right ahead.

If after listening to the Star Spangled Banner, you still want to indulge yourself in your little protest vote, go right ahead.

If you do not understand your inherent duty to protect this country from its enemies, both foreign and domestic, then go right ahead and indulge in your little protest vote.

These are the only reasons that I voted for McCain in 2008. We can all indulge ourselves right now, sitting in a nice comfy room, typing our opinions and thoughts on the candidates and who will win the nomination. Just don’t forget those who died for you to have the freedome to do so, and those that continue to put their lives on the line at this very minute. And I think a lot of people forgot the troops in 2008, sat home in protest or voted for their anti-McCain candidate, and allowed tyranny to win over freedom.

So please forgive my rant, but when I read comments like this, “I do not want another four years of the O, but please, we can take another four years of him,” I just want to lock and load.

I will never vote for Romney or Cain, no way, no how. Are you kidding, after all the hate spewed by Romney and Cain against Perry? So, best to keep Pres. Obama, at least I know what Obama stands for. Besides, if Romney is the nominee, the GOP establishment is really ushering in Obama’s reelection. Do you think GOP establishment is willing to give up its pork?

All of our candidates, including Perry-former Al Gore supporter, have flip flops on their record. But any one of them would be better than Obama.

Because the alternative is 4 more years of the destructive/incompetent combo special of the Obama/Biden ticket (or it’s remnants if the O isn’t impeached/out before then).

I’m wondering if “generic democrat” will beat Obama in the dem primaries… it’s just a nagging thought that pops up every once in a while with all the coverage of and dissection of the R side of candidates and virtually no coverage of the “other guy”/potential challengers on the dem side… but then again I the meme of the left seems to be keep power at all costs so I’m not that surprised at the lack of coverage to any dem challengers.

If Romney is the nominee, I can’t wait for him to be badly defeated by Obama. I want his silly grin wiped off his face. Don’t believe the polls that say Romney will beat Obama, way too early for that. Why do you think Democrats want to run against Romney or Cain for that matter? No match for Obama. Anybody but Cain or Romney.

Unless a superhuman Paul supporting sniper takes out the rest of the field…then. Hummmmm I would have to think about it.

Face it Paulistas or whatever they are called. Paul will NEVER be the nominee so yeah back to my original statement.

Yes without reservation

Nt

I shudder to think what America would look like with an Obama Presidency through 2016.

I’ll take the RINO that we can hope to contain with intra-party influence over the statist Obama that will be unrestrained by the need to get reelected.

Lets say Romney gets the nomination.
I believe he will need every vote he can get, even from those who can’t stand him just to beat 0bama. And lets say it is enough to get Romney elected.
Those visits to the polls in 2012 are also going to vote for more Republican Senators, Representatives and local officials too.
Lets say that gets us a MAJORITY in the3 Senate.
Now we can start passing pro-growth, job-creating, freedom-loving bills and send them to Romneys desk to sign into law.
Whats he gonna do? Do you think he will veto any of those bills?
I will hold my nose and vote for the man if he is the nominee.

I am prepared to be making any pledges at this point in time, partly because there is a lot that goes into this choice that needs to be considered. Being completely blind to that fact, and falling in line with party loyalty like a lemming means that maybe we have not learned the right lesson from everything we’ve been through the last few years. The huge challenges we face are not ones that came about just because of Obama, and the only way they can be fixed is adherence to solid conservative principles and restoration of constitutional order. I am an American first. Being a Republican is the last order of business as far as I am concerned, and I will vote for what America needs first.

My hope is that whomever is nominated will at least go a few miles toward what we really need as is. But if that is not the case, whomever it is will have to work for my vote. The candidate will have to be making the pledges in order to do what’s right for the country, not me, because he or she will be seeking the job for that very purpose and will need to convince me that is the reason the power of the executive branch should be vested with them – with my part of the choice.

Only fools give away whatever power they may have to shape the future by making such pledges before the nominating contest has even begun. And my suggestion is that if you really want to end up making a difference in present order of things, keep your intentions under your vest and make the nominee work for you!

It is no fluke. Not only is Romney up by 20+ points but his campaign is knocking on doors and running phone banks. NOBODY ELSE is door knocking or running phone banks in NH. Romney is not taking NH for granted and based on that I going to assume he is not taking any other state for granted either.

Given Perry’s inability to win debates and Cain’s multiple answers to the sex harassment charges leveled against him, it is looking more like the anti -Romney candidate may not “arrive”.

Polls won’t matter when the voting starts less than two months from now. There is a segment of the electorate who is looking for the best candidate to beat Obama. Where that vote goes depends on who WINS. If Cain or Perry want to be the viable alternative to Mitt they better get better at debating, not get roped into traps set up by reporters at parade magazine and not handle scandalous media reports by changing their story multiple times. Perry and Cain better have top notch organizations in Iowa. If Romney is better able to get his supporters to the precinct caucuses and wins Iowa, it is over. He will then win NH and use that momentum to carry him to the states that follow.

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Paul and Cain won’t get my vote or support.

he needs to win FL, NC, VA, OH and NH. NC not a problem, the majority of the (R)s and independents in FL love the guy, Will anyone bet the house that Barry beats Willard in NH? VA’s map is all red and pretty squishy in the middle and Barry’s upside down there, that leaves OH and they love the Mittster in the Buckeye State. and maybe MI and PA. but I’ll vote for any of the gop and bring in at least 3 other voters that wouldn’t have voted normally.

with the political discourse in this country right there: “In my opinion, if you can’t, then your opinion of who should be the Republican nominee should be completely ignored.”

So, 1st Amendment, out the window. Anyone who disagrees with me, out the window. Fair and representative political process, out the window. One person, one vote, their choice, out the window.

. . . and is intellectually void. My reply:

http://www.redstate.com/griffinelection/2011/11/08/i-will-not-automatically-vote-for-the-guy-with-an-r-next-to-his-name-in-2012-will-you/

NO WAY!!! I’d rather write in Gary Johnson than support the warfare/welfare/police state!

You suggest that I have already said what I just tried to post, which is ball face lie! You have done this before and were lying then as well. Whoever the moderator is needs to be replaced by someone with an at least average intelligence, and who is not addicted to lying!