In my opinion, between McCain and Romney, it was a close race as far as the worst candidate. I share your unease about Romney, but McCain just lacked the temperament needed to be president. Recall his "suspension of campaign" during the financial meltdown, and extremely irresponsible foreign policy statements, especially regarding Russia (post Cold War).
But I have a question: in states and cities with zero chance of electing a conservative / Tea Party Republican, would you just cede those completely to Democrats? Isn't it better to have Christie, Giuliani, Romney in Democrat states, and conservative Republicans in conservative states? How about the 2 Maine Senators, Scott Brown? If we had someone like Scott Brown earlier, Obamacare would have never happened.
Or even somewhat sane Democrats (sometimes running as Republicans, like Bloomberg), rather than insane Democrats.
I live in New York City, so this issue is very relevant to me.
It’s late, can you focus that a little more?
All I got is that you think Bloomberg, Romney, Giuliani, Christie, the Maine Senators, and Brown are the way to go, but McCain was worse than all of them, and a conservative would be worst of all.