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I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to compare Goode to Obama and Romney on an issue-by-issue basis comes to the same conclusion, probably more quickly than I did.... Which means we will perpetually deny ourselves a candidate of Goode's caliber.

Again, I think trying to convince someone from such a haughty standpoint may be too "honest" for your own good. In other words, "Anyone who doesn't agree with me is simply ignorant of the gospel truth."

Consider it this way.

I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to convince themselves that they have discovered the one ideal candidate that absolutely everyone else has missed will always come to the same conclusion just as quickly as you did did.... Which means we will perpetually have a "if only" third-party candidate of Goode's type.

In other words, Cain was perfect--before he was not. O'Donnell was perfect...before he was not. I even remember back pre-GOP head days when Michael Steele was the next great white (black) conservative hope on FR.

We can both talk all day about how bad Obama is. I can rattle off 5-7 things I can't stand about Mitt Romney. (You could probably find 50-70.) But the fact that his supporters don't seem to think that Goode has any problems...a guy who's never done -anything- but run for public office....well that just cements my alarm bells.

Indeed, I wish I were a better orator. I've been told on several occasions I'm very good at being "right" but not so very good at being "persuasive". My strength is in the research and not the presentation, but I am trying to change that. Perhaps you've read through Goode's background now? Not that it will change your vote, but truthfully which would you have preferred were chosen to lead the Republican party, Goode or Romney, based upon their voting record? I'm not asking which is "perfect", but which is more likely to advance a conservative agenda from the Executive Office.