those republicans, conservatives, and libertarians who are waiting someone to pass a conservative purity test will never find that person----he/she does not exist. so what is the alternative? more obama? we know what he has done and will do to the country. and a conservative running mate? at least that ticket has a chance of 1. beating obama and 2. returning financial sanity to the government. Do not, in your zeal for a perfect conservative candidate, help reelect obama. this election will determine if the US becomes socialist europe or gradually returns to freedom and the constitution.