Unfortunately, the realities of the whole process are that if you don't vote for the “lite” guy you get the full bodied, very bad version.
Bottom line question: who would we rather have in office, Obama or Romney? And “neither” is not an option in the real world. Because there were really only two candidates who had a chance at winning and “neither” wasn't one of them.
I was partial to Santorum, myself, but since Romney was the GOPe candidate, I'd say Obama. The reason is that, with Romney, we would have headed in generally the same direction, despite the fact that us true Conservatives wanted another. Again, Romney was Obamalite, and I personally think it's better to rip the bandage off fast than to take it slow while having a knife plunged into your back. My personal opinion. With Obama in office, we've reached the precipice much fast, I knew what was coming, I didn't have to worry about being backstabbed by my own "allies" and I've been very serious about preparing for the inevitable end, regardless of GOPe or Dim. Once again, I say, bring it on! Let's roll! It's gonna hurt, and folks like us are going to be forced to struggle, but I think, in the end, the American spirit and will of the TRUE AMERICANS will prevail. Hopefully then we will be able to get back to that COnstitutional Republic the founders gave us, "if we could keep it"