You are dreaming. Romney will get destroyed. Many conservatives will not vote for him. He will be unable to draw sharp contrasts with Obama, end up having to compete for the same voters, and lose badly.
So who will conservatives vote for? Obama? Really... Three words... SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. Grow up.
So who will conservatives vote for? Obama? Really... Three words... SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. Grow up.
I agree this is a real potential problem. Unlike some, I think Romney can and likely will win, but he has some real weaknesses, and the above is always the problem with middle of the road Republicans. The conventional thinking is that moderate candidates win moderate voters, but that typically is not the case. The voters will go for not go for a Dem-lite when they can get the real thing, and the moderate Republican simply cannot differentiate in the arguments. Assuming Obama stays unpopular, I think Romney does win because he is a reasonable alternative to a typical voter, but if Obama gains real strength, Romney is compromised on a lot of our best issues....health care, Wall Street, etc.
A “conservative” who chooses Obama over Romney is really no conservative—just a spoiled child looking to take down the country because he didn’t get his fetishized vision of the perfect candidate. Romney may be a RINO, but even that would be progress back in the direction we need to go over what we have now. Fighting hard in the primary is one thing, but taking your ball and going home in the general may mean you end up with a home not worth staying in.