“If Romney has no chance to win, then why vote for him?”
More GIGO. Romney is up 5 in Ras poll, the only LV poll out there.
Virgil Goode has no chance to win, why vote for him? (there’s your answer)
“If all conservatives get behind a conservative candidate, then, since 40% of America is conservative, there will be a plurality win for the conservative.”
Nope. we get a 1992 redux, where 45% voted for the Democrat and he won.
More likely Virgil Goode will get 1%, and will cost Republicans the election if its a close one (like what happened to Sen george Allen in 2006, losing by 5,000 votes, or Sen Norm Coleman in 2008 losing by 200 votes etc).
Neither does Romney.
Voting for Goode is a reaction to the nomination of Romney. I was all set to support Perry, Gingrich, Santorum, Bachmann...any pro-life conservative.
Romney is not now, nor has he ever been, a pro-life conservative.
Funny thing that Susan B. Anthony put out a pledge that Romney refused to sign. SBA was adamant that candidates sign. Romney never signed. Bowing to political pressure, SBA turns around and violates their own insistence on the pledge.
You must consider that a little odd. I sure do. They and NRL both caved in to the “lesser of 2 evils” argument.
True pro-lifers will not. Romney is the author of the $50 abortion. He’s the man who promised the aborters that they’ll find a friend in him when he someday made inroads into the Repub party.
So, WOSG, there is thought behind our position.
Primarily, the intent is an attempt to gather conservatives for this election, and long-term to continue building a conservative party for the future.