Amen. Romney is a symptom, not a cause. As long as amoral pragmatism and statism is OK by the GOP, the GOP will lose. Romney's side, as revealed by his political record, was the WRONG side regardless of what party he belonged to.
Yet we have a large share of those amoral and statist “pragmatics” posting on FR every election cycle, admonishing FReepers to cast away conservatism for “the win” that never comes. Go figure.