As much as I dislike Romney, (for several reasons which I won't go into here) I would not attribute support for him to a complete loss of credibility for their knowledge and opinions. They both live in the North-East, and are constantly subjected to a society which is not normal for the rest of the country. As a result of their being surrounded by a sea of liberals, they may believe Romney is the only one that might have a chance at getting elected. While I dislike pragmatism, I don't consider someone an enemy just because they believe in it.
At the moment I am not enthralled by any of the candidates, but the one I dislike the least is Rick Perry. (Rick Santorum might be okay, but he's going to have to do much better before I take a second look at him.)
George did it to himself ~ that's why i'm saying "stroke". And Ann? No, this isn't a discussion about what is normal. She imagines this guy is like her ~ but he's 64 and she's not.