That's what primaries are for - you're chance to promote and work for a candidate you can truly be excited about. General elections are a different animal. They are a choice between the only candidates that can win. In our 2 party system, that means you'll usually have 2 options and neither will be all the great. General elections are not an affirmative endorsement of any person or ideology, they are a simply a choice between the only candidates that can win.
If by now you can't see why Romney, despite all his flaws, is better than Hussein, well there is probably no getting through to you. Court nominations alone should be a sufficient reason to vote for Romney/Ryan. US Presidents tend to use court nominations to throw a bone to the base. Romney's nominations might be good or they might not be - we don't know for certain. On the other hand, Obama's court nominations WILL definitely be terrible - that we know for sure. And if Obama gets 4 more years of leftist judges, it may be near impossible to undo all the damage he and his Democrats are doing.
Let me give you one example to consider. Remember all the fighting in Wisconsin over collective bargaining? We had massive demonstrations, recalls, Democrats fleeing the state, etc, etc, etc. Most of us here were cheering Walker, perhaps he is the kind of conservative you do support? All that effort, all that standing firm against the unions - ALL undone by one liberal Dane county judge. One judge just reversed all our gains. Now this was a state judge not a federal one, but the point stands. The more liberal judges Obama appoints, the less likely it is we can reverse the leftist agenda.
These Ron Paul dipships think they are the only ones who understand the founders' brilliance, but fail to see the wisdom in party politics.
Let's face facts, Ron Paul supporters only care about the cult of personality called Ron Paul, not the founding documents.
Romney on the other had will almost assuredly get to replace Kennedy ans Scalia and given his record in Massachusetts he will appoint liberals shifting the balance of the court to liberal for 40 years into the future.
As to only choosing between two candidates in the General election I just don't buy that argument. If the GOP looses this election because they did not nominate a conservative at the top of the ticket then something may change but if they get away with nominating ever more liberal candidates each time around then only more liberals will be elected and whether they have a R or D behind their name will make no difference..