If Romney gets the nomination, can we please have a third party candidate?
Short answer: No we may not.
It is a source of constant amazment to me how many people on this conservative website need to be reminded that, in a two-party system, any failure to vote for the least undesirable candidate is mathmatically equivalent to a vote for the MOST undesirable candidate.
The whole point of this primary season is to annoint the most likely to suceed "not Romney" candidate so we don't end up with a McCain/Obama sequel. Thus far we on FR are doing a very good among ourselves ensuring that Romney will end up with the nomination.
That being said, if it comes down to it, best to simply take Queen Victoria's advice: Spread you legs, close your eyes, lie back, and think of England.
I guess we have to consider what happens after a few primaries and whom are the people still standing. Right now it looks as if Romney, Newt, Paul will be the final three with Romney getting very few of the votes which would have gone to the others running against him. I hope no one “swings” to Romney. To me that means Newt, Paul and Romney, in that order will be the “winners” going into super tuesday. I would give Romney no chance in such an event. Perhaps none of the three will have a majority before the convention. As long as Paul is in the mix, he will not bolt to a third party, which is good. It promises to be quite a convention.
(shrug) Either that or I don't cast a vote for president.
I absolutely and resolutely refuse to reward the RINOs of the Republican establishment.
Not gonna happen.
You betcha.