If this is our choice, I'd rather see our side take over Congress, and tie Obama's hands for four years. A second flush in November will likely bring us a congressional majority in both houses, and the OPPOSITION to the tyranny residing in the White House will INCREASE exponentially. I agree with you Windflier, we can tie Obama's hands. If Romney wins then the people will be disallusioned by his false statements he's so well known for and will assume he's on our side...he is anything but that.!!!!
Looking back, it would have been better for the conservative cause if Sarah Palin had turned McCain down in 2008. If she'd done that, he would have chosen Tom Ridge or some other RINO as his running mate, and would have lost to Obama in a landslide.
Had that happened, the Republican establishment just might have learned a lesson, and they wouldn't now be pushing Romney on us. If the Republican had been utterly crushed in the last election, perhaps they'd now be stepping back just enough to allow a real conservative reformer to win the nomination.