“It is by now a very noticeable peculiarity of Romney that if he’s the only real contestant Republican interest in the election falls off ~ just drops down away to zero.
This guy is going to destroy down ballot voting for Senators and Representatives.”
I fear you are correct, and that is something we have GOT to work on. Given the Cyanide-Arsenic dichotomy between the two sockpuppet candidates, it is essential to get conservatives or the cheap imitation Republicans into Congress. Down ticket has never been so important.
That's the only solution.