“Vote your heart in the primary, and your mind in the General.”
My mind tells me that as long as we keep saying this, there is no reason for the established party machine to offer us anyone other than Romney. After all, we have told them we will vote for him if we have to.
Right now, I have more hope in a Republican supermajority in the house and senate and a Democrat in the oval office than in a Republican in that office who will essentially govern as a democrat.
Do we seriously think that Romney would even try to replace SCOTUS justices with those who might see more individual rights to keep and bear arms (to pick a subject) than he has?
The only thing I can offer is the Murkowski Factor. I think there are a couple candidates that have that, but it is hard to gauge whether that strategy will work.