I don’t buy any of this. Obama is responsible for $4 gas, Obamacare, $16 trillion debt, Solyndra, Fast & Furious, Race baiting, etc.
Once it is one and one and the intra-party fighting ends things will improve. And then if Romney picks Rubio, the conservatives will have some motivation (as if 4 years of unchained Obama and potentially 2 Supreme Court picks isn’t enough motivation).
Of course if Romney goes with some mealy mouth RINO establishment type, then all bets are off.
Given how he governed Massachusetts, and the type of judges he picked for that state's judiciary, what does it really matter which one becomes or remains President?