My gut reaction is to say that any real conservative will be better than Romney, and certainly better than Obama.
However, the long view is the proper way to look at this. We build for the future a conservative party or we continue to be manipulated idiots for the Rino Party.
The liberal republican establishment is firmly in control of that party and nothing is going to change that.
That all depends.
Take Alan Keyes, for example. A great speaker...all conservatives loved the way he talked.
However, he fell apart during his Senate campaign. And for those who say, "they played dirty tricks against him" do you not think they would do the same and more if he ran for the Presidency?
You have to be more than "a real conservative". You have to have skills also.