It does matter, and I’m not excusing him; it’s Massachusetts we’re talking about—a state where conservatism has no electoral pull whatsoever. It seems to me that if you seek office in MA, you run as a moderate at best or you don’t get elected. If Romney is the political animal he appears to be, he’s going to reflect the electorate he has to face, and that means he’ll probably run and govern mostly down the middle, maybe leaning ever so slightly to the right. Even at that lukewarm level it would still be a huge step back in the right direction if he wins, considering where we are now. We wouldn’t get everything we want, but at least the committed, principled leftist 0bama will be out of position to do us any further harm. Of course if the nominee loses and we also manage to lose the House...game over. 0bama runs wild.