Maybe he meant, in light of Romney being the lesser of two evils but still a card-carrying RINO, that a step in the right direction is the best we can hope for in this election. He seems to have focused the article on this particular race.
It is my fervent hope that the nation start TOMORROW to groom presidential candidates and other top-echelon leaders for 2016; and certainly to prime the conservative pump for the mid-terms in 2014.
It really doesn't matter what the context, unless conservatives are focused upon a positive program of liberty, with complete facility for the mechanics of those specific proposals at least by reference, no one else will be. It won't even be a matter of public discussion.