[napscoordinator]

Whether liberal Romney or Obama win, we are in for a major nightmare. Neither one is adequate for the job. Worst election in history. Whoever wins, America loses.

[Perdogg]

I disagree with your pessimism about Romney. I am not sure what nightmare Romney is going to bring to this country - nothing anything close the nightmare we have had under 0bama. He wasn't my first choice, I would have prefered Perry or Gingrich. The thing I am still trying to figure out is why was Romney an exceptable alternative to McCain 4 years but not to 0bama now.

[muir_redwoods]

The big advantage of Romney over the Kenyan is that presidents are all more contained and restrained in their first term. As a second termer with no worries about re-election, the Kenyan will do whatever he wants. In his first term, Romney will be bound by re-election hopes.

[RavenATB]

“Worst election in history. Whoever wins, America loses.”

I disagree, completely. IMHO, the 2008 election between “O” and “Mac” was as bad a political paring for POTUS as I've ever seen.

McCain is less interested in the opinion of his party than I believe Romney will be. And I think McCain would have been almost as bad a disaster as what we're enduring right now...except all the “B.S.” would have an “R” next to it.

Romney has his “warts,” but he has a far greater grasp of the importance of economic liberty than I believe McCain does. I realize that “RomneyCare” is something that sticks in many Republican craws. But I'm willing to trust that Romney will work to end Obamacare, and that he's smart enough to know that if he doesn't kill Obamacare Romney will be just one more name attached to the slow bleed-out of America's freedoms and economy. From a purely pragmatic point of view I don't think he wants to hold that place in history.

Not everyone remains hardened fast in time in terms of what they believe, and what they think is best for the country. While certainly imperfect, I believe Romney is morphing to a more conservative point of view. It's happened before. Remember, Reagan didn't switch from Democrat to Republican until he was in his 50s.

Romney was not my pick out of the Republican candidates. But if I had to choose between Romney and McCain to be potus, there's no choice for me...McCain is the ultimate Republican loser.

I'm no big fan of Romney. But he'd make a far better POTUS than Obama. Even if all he does is to end ObamaCare, that would be such a huge event it would make his presidency a success from my PoV.

[arrogantsob]

Romney is a moderate which you may dislike more than liberal.

But that is what you get when the Right has its best candidate refuse to run and can’t unify around one candidate.