He was rightly bashed because although great on 2A and land/energy, he is abysmal in other areas. His HPV fiasco was a campaign wrecker for one. Telling people they must inject their kids is not a conservative value.
Yeah, he had a major faults. But was still better than Romney. And if he had won he’d maybe do 1/5 of these EO’s and never pressure congress for an AWB. I think Romney would’ve pushed for an AWB as well.