Kazan, those are good thoughts. I don’t want to criticize.
I do want to caution you though. Arnold Schwarzenegger ran a very good campaign in California, from a fairly Conservative point of view.
When elected he ran from that campaign like a scalded dog.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2955522/posts?page=21#21
IMO, Romney made too many conservative promises to have gotten away with breaking them if has been elected.
But, he failed to convince too many like you and I he could be trusted. That is why his vote total was a staggering 2.6 million less than John McCain.
Republicans must put forth a conservative that really believes in conservatism and that will champion social conservative issues that will energize more of the base to win Ohio, Virginia, Colorado and Iowa.