So many have stated that Mitt Romney should not be elected because of his alleged flip-flopping. Nevermind that most all of those charges can be easily answered with a little research.
So, instead they vote for either John McCain or Mike Huckabee with the full expectation that these two will change their positions on the issues on which they currently disagree with Conservatives.
So, rather than vote for someone who has already changed their positions to largely match their own, they would prefer to elect someone that they hope will do so, but of which hope they have no evidence nor record.
It just doesn’t make any sense.