Tex, you're going to be sad as hell if we end up with 8 years of Romney elected on a landslide and steamrolling thee and me and all other conservatives because of the popular mandate FOR his "progressive brand of Republican -- see, people wanted it, they voted for it in droves!" ABO would be forgotten as fast as you could say "Anybody but Hillary."
Romney is the path of least resistance. Romney is for chicken-hearted conservatives who cower in fear because the GOP tells them to. Romney is for dead fish who go with the flow.
You're not gonna be happy until we end up with the Republican party fully swung to the left, are you?
W didn't kill conservatism...nor did McCain (see the 2010 nationwide election results). Romney will never be able to kill off conservatism. It's just not that damn fragile.
Sorry...there is no scenario wherein 4 more years of Obama somehow magically advances the cause of conservatism...unless you include the word abracadabra. Reality...it's not just for TeeVee.