Romney does not have a chance in defeating Obama. Democrats are going to use him to push EVERY stereotype they have pushed on the Republican party. To name just a few:
1. Racist: the mormon church didn’t allow blacks until 1978. IOW, Romney was a member of a racist cult. He was 30 years old before the LDS church let blacks in. He did not do a thing to stop this racism.
2. Super wealthy: speaks for itself.
3. Corrupt: watch the Blood Money video. Romney defrauded taxpayers to pad his own pockets.
4. Heartless: Bain corrupt takeovers resulting in people losing their jobs while Romney got rich.
In addition, Romneycare is the precursor to Obamacare which makes that issue moot, and that will kill voter turnout on the right—the same people who brought the landslide in 2010. The Obama team will run ads exposing Romney on gay marriage and abortion resulting in social conservatives staying home.
The question is not will Obama beat Romney, but how bad. I just wonder how many down ticket races will be lost as a result of putting Romney at the top of the GOP ticket.
Maybe some; but, most of us anti-Romney folks are smart enough to know to vote for any good candidates at the Congressional/State levels. The question is: Who are those “good people”???!!! Mostly what I see is RomneyBots and noncommittal “fence straddlers.”
I don't hear anyone in the Republican Party speaking out against this travesty; particularly here in VA where they have rigged the primary. I like Ken Cuccinelli, from what little I have seen; but, he has remained silent ...and I wouldn’t walk across the street to vote again for McDonnell or Boles after this latest assault on the right to vote.
Apparently, many voters see it otherwise, that’s all I’m saying.
As for the effect on the down ticket, I think in this cycle the nominee won’t have that much effect. We KNOW we need more conservatives in Washington, no matter who the President is.
However, my concern is with the mid-term. If we have a GOP President who is very unpopular with his base, that could create a down-ticket problem in the mid-terms, for various reasons.