Dislike of Romney? Excuse me, Romney lost, he lost repeatedly and was only in the race as long as he was because HE was footing the bill himself. That’s reality, it has nothing to do with a like or dislike of Romney it has to do with the undeniable fact that Romney could not even win his parties primaries, someone like that is not going to win a general election.
You can deny this reality all you want, but its the truth. You can’t govern like Christine Witman and then try to sell yourself as Ronald Reagan, Romney tried this, and was rejected soundly for it.