Naive and short-sighted, at best.
And what about principle, eh? Does that ever figure into your calculations?
You are using a straw man approach. That fact that Romney has decided (wisely) not to step into this bear trap does not infer any lack of principles. Defeating Obama is priority number one. If we allow Obama to win, all the momentum we have been building in the Tea Party these past few years will be lost. I say defeat Obama, continue electing people like Ted Cruz at the lower levels of government, and keep Romney’s feet to the fire until we (the conservative Tea Party) can get it together and get a real conservative nominated in a future election cycle.