It may be different this time around. Last time McCain was running so he captured the RINO vote. Conservatives never trusted Romney when he faked his Conservatism so Romney’s candidacy was doomed. Little RINO vote and little Conservative vote.
This time Romney will likely have all the RINO vote. He will not get the Conservative vote, but the RINO vote may be enough, particularly if there are several Conservative candidates splitting their votes.
Good point, MBB1984. And scary.
That’s why we have to work, as conservatives, not to split our vote.
That means eliminating people from consideration who are not true conservatives:
Romney (of course)
Huckabee (need reasons? I’ll give them to you)
Newt (anybody who thinks he’s a conservative needs an intervention)
Others?