"This candidate must be a very strong conservative. After all, I'm supporting him."

One problem I’ve found in this whole primary (and this drives me bonkers):

There is a contingent of voters who vow they will not vote for anything but a very Strong, Nearly Pure, Conservative.

And yet they of course desperately wish to vote for someone, as they really want to boot Obama out of office.

So what keeps happening is that people seem to seize on the idea that whatever candidate these voters are currently supporting, that candidate must be, by definition, a Very Strong Conservative, and arguments to the contrary are met with anger, because — why are you trying to tear down a Very Strong Conservative?

This candidate must be a very strong conservative. After all, I’m supporting him. And I only support Very Strong Conservatives.

Ergo, your attempts to trick me into thinking he’s not a Very Strong Conservative must be some kind of dishonest effort to help Romney and/or Obama.