Really, the only difference is it is realistically too late to take a stand now. The GOP is the only vehicle we have to remove Obama. My vote now will accomplish that, whereas your vote, principled as it is, will not.
I don;t like the hand we have been dealt either, but with five months left to save the nation, the time for arguing is over. No candidate is perfect, ever,and Jesus Christ is not on the ballot.
Romney is bad, but he is not as bad as Obama,and with a Republican House and Senate we have a chance to steer things in 2013 and 2014.
If you don't think so, then not only will you not be participating in getting rid of Obama in 2012, but you are without hope that you can change things in the next two years.
It's the best spin I can put on a bad situation, and I am going with it.
“...but you are without hope that you can change things in the next two years.”
I’d rather have another shot at a conservative in 2016.