“If elected, Romney will have a lot of pressure to govern as a conservative. “
I disagree. If Romney wins, he will be under no pressure whatsoever to govern as a conservative, since he will have won the election despite the vehement objection to his candidacy by real conservatives.
In fact, he may even feel pressure to govern even more to the left than he already does...
Combine this with the fact that the Republicans in Congress will not oppose Romney but would oppose Obama and you have plausible grounds to believe that a Romney Presidency could be just as destructive as an Obama second term.
“If Romney wins, he will be under no pressure whatsoever to govern as a conservative”
Whether a President Romney will act as a conserverative will depend on the actions of the conservative base, and if the conservative base becomes disengaged, your statement is correct. Most of us here, including myself, are not thrilled with Romney. But that being said, we can exert pressure on him to act as a conservative by electing conservative House and Senate members. Replacing establishment leaders such Boehner and McConnell with conservatives will go a long way in acheiving this aim of convincing Romney to sign conservative legislation. However, conservatives in Congress will be absolutely useless under a hussein regime because hussein will circumvent the Constitution in a very brazen way in his quest to establish a permanent socialist dictatorship.
Agreed, I think he governs like Bush 41 or Ford. Why should Romney feel any need to give the conservatives of the party the time of day if he wins.
He has ignored us the entire primary so why would he change is elected?
Either way, conservatives are in for very dark years no matter who wins.