An e-mail:

I cast my vote for Romney this morning, after removing my Fred 2008 sticker from my car last week. I was thinking today, while listening to Rush, about my position if McCain wins today, or in the coming days. I don’t want to be a sore loser, but I hate to see my party head to the left. I decided my vote in the general election is up to McCain to win or lose. If he reaches out to conservatives, specifically if he picks a conservative running mate, then I will vote for him in November. If he stiffs conservatives and expects us to fall in line, he can suffer for it. If he picks Huckabee, as some suspect it will be any easy decision for me. The running mate very important, and not just symbolically. That will direct the future of the party. If McCain wins the presidency with a moderate running mate the next chance for a conservative president will after we lose the White House to a Democrat or eight years from now when the Vice President loses the nomination. I’m scared of a Democrat winning, and I could not vote for one, but maybe it would take four years of a Democrat to put this party back in order. Maybe it takes a Carter to get a Reagan, or a Clinton to get a 1994 Congress. Maybe it’s not that bad, except for those of us that work in the defense industry.