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I agree. I will do nothing to enable four more years of Obama. We must get the correct House and Senate in office in any case...if we do that and elect Romney, things will turn around because the new Congress will enure that Romney is given the legislation to fulfill his promises.

Whatever else Romney is, he is clearly a politician and this is the chance for the pinnacle of his career. He is not an ideolog and he will not throw away a chance at eight years by betraying those who get him into office and ensure he makes good on his promises. To do so would be political suicide.

So, as much as I had hoped another would win...and there’s still an outside chance for that...I’ll vote for Romney over the clear Marxist Obama

If Romney does go forward and win the nomination now, let’s see who his VP pick is too.

Romney was elected in a DNC dominated state, Mass. It is really more MassCare than RomneyCare IMHO. He had to run center...and I believe the plan would have been even worse without him there. Study his vetoes sometime...it tells you something about him too. Most of them were over ridden by an 85% controlled state house.

I do not like his changes on critical issues any more than anyone else...but there is something there a proper house and senate can use that would be orders of magnitude better than Obams.

This is a decision that every person must make and it is very personal and varied...but I honestly believe I must oppose Obama, even with Romney, for the sake of my eight grandkids and their future.

This is a decision that every person must make and it is very personal and varied...but I honestly believe I must oppose Obama, even with Romney, for the sake of my eight grandkids and their future.

Indeed, it is very personal. I hope there will be some indulgence for those of us whose conscience won't let us abandon the field.

Ya know Jeff, as a member of the 2nd ACR, 502nd MI, I was on the last border patrol of then-Czechoslovakia and the southern sector of Germany up to the Fulda gap. That patrol took place either on Oct 1 or the last day of September, 1990. It was right before the German Wiedervereinigung on October 3. One day one of the most fearsome borders in Europe was still formally there; the next morning, poof! All gone.

By then of course the patrols were mere formalities, although we were on our way to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield and used the field time to prep for the new mission. Anyway, that was the first time I thought to myself, "Wow, this is actually historic and I'm lucky enough to have a walk-on bit role in it." All the Communism, all the Revolutions, all the madness that bedeviled 20th century Europe was coming to a close. And although the real action at the border had been over since the Wall opened up, the formal end of it was still noteworthy. Then in Desert Storm we won the proxy battle of WW III. Their Weaponry vs. Ours, their proxy soldiers vs Us, and we swept the the field. What a time to be alive, and I got to be where the action was! A Happy End right out old Hollywood, right?

To this day I am flabbergasted that within 20 years of Germany's Reunification and our victory in the Cold War, the electorate of this country instaledl a neo-Marxist in the White House. And not just a "social-democrat" type, but a true Revolutionary, a "neo-gnostic Revolutionary" of the Voeglinian type.

I will not--I cannot--abandon the field to Barack Obama. My conscience won't let me. If this means supporting Romney and pulling out all the stops to make the Congress more like the Tea Party, so be it. The choice to me is (a) The Revolution or (b) a Possible Way Back. If Romney is a cancer and a vote for him means seeking a novel cure, so be it.

I have the nagging feeling that voting for Romney may amount no more than a political version of Picket's charge. Nevertheless, I simply can't abandon the field. It's just not in me. I am fully aware of the massive shortcomings of Gov Romney. Yet I simply cannot let the Revolution carry the day without a fight. What we are involved in now is a million times much bigger than my personal preferences and convictions. As Dr Johnson once said of the prospect of approaching death, the prospect of an Obama second term has "wonderfully concentrated the mind." I fought other battles for this country, and I'm not walking away from this one. If the country class loses, it's our ass.

That's my visceral reaction, and I know others, some of the vets like me, won't agree. I don't intend to make a nuisance of myself, but that's where I stand and can do no other.