This election is going to be different. You think liberals who have been out of work for the past two years are going to vote for Obama? They'll be hoping for some change as well. Why do you think Romney is doing so well? It isn't because conservatives are pulling for him, that's for sure. He's picking up the center and center/left. To this demographic, Romney is a man they can live with. These people don't post on Free Republic. But they do vote.
Obama still has strong support with leftists. His base will be more unified than ours if RINOmney is the nominee. The center-right demographic is the huge and untapped bloc right now and if we actually chose a real conservative as a nominee, Obama wouldn't have a chance in hell to win in 2012. If Romney is the nominee, the center-right & conservative base will NOT come out in droves come November (he needs much more than "holding my nose to vote" voters to win). Romney WILL lose.
Picking someone who will try to out-liberal Obama like Romney has been doing (his fear of standing up for wall street, tax cuts, engaging in class warfare) is the dumbest move ever. This is a center RIGHT country. America is yearning for a conservative voice, not a watered-down Obama.
The center left is not going to go for Romney, and it's a joke that a Republican candidate would throw conservative values under the bus like he has in order to court them.