Split the Republican party if the primary or convention process doesn't produce the nominee you want? Destroy the village in order to save it, as some mad zealot said in Vietnam? No way.
Beware, politics isn't everything
Who do you like for President? Many Americans this year seem inclined to answer that question with another: What’s today? The polls are volatile. We’ve already seen surprises, and we’ll see more. This was going to be a column endorsing Romney. The straight-arrow entrepreneur is my guy. If Mitt quits, I’m for gruff Fred Thompson. I was also going to say that McCain and Huckabee, big-government egotists, are my least favorite—though preferable to any Democrat.