I say we focus on retaking the Senate instead of POTUS....if I had a choice between defeating Obama and winning the Senate, I’ll take winning the Senate, since Romney won’t be any better than Obama, anyway.
Since the hyper-partisanship that has ruled for the last decade or so, it is probably impossible to get much accomplished without holding all three branches of government.
Bush had to face a Dem House and Dem Senate when he tried to reform the mortgage industry and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as well as reform of social security and Medicare.
He couldn’t even get the Republicans to vote for these reforms when he had both Houses.
We no longer have statesmen, only politicians.