[Windflier]

At this point who cares, if the choices are Mitt/Newt vs. Obama I choose Mitt.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that you're so conflicted. You must be, if you'd even consider voting for Mitt.

If you can't vote for any of our candidates with a clear conscience, at least get to the polls and vote the down-ticket races.

[normy]

I never said I couldn't vote with a clear conscience. I will gladly vote for anyone over Obama but if Free Republic and Fox News and Sarah Palin are saying my choices are between Mitt and Newt, and Perry, Santorum and Paul don't matter (even though Newt has yet to beat Santorum and Perry and Santorum are the only social conservatives left) then I will choose Mitt because I frankly don't think Newt can win. Republicans like him because he's like our Ted Kennedy only Kennedy was a staunch liberal and Newt is not a staunch conservative. The general public will hate Newt. They already do.

So if Free Republic and the rest say I have two choices and Perry, Santorum and Paul do not matter, I will choose Romney based solely on the fact he can beat Obama and he has executive experience. You see if Mitt and Newt are my choices ethics, conservatism and honesty are no longer options in a Republican candidate. That leaves me scrambling for other reasons to vote for our candidate. Electability and governing experience would be the other factors to consider.