You're right, Jeff - it IS game over for America.
We're jinked either way, whether with Obama or Romney.
Let's face it - only an idiot or a fool believes that Romney isn't going to be essentially the same thing as Obama. Not only is Romney ideologically very similar to Obama, but I see no reason to believe that Romney isn't going to try to hang onto as much of the "czar" framework as he can; I see no reason to think that Romney isn't going to keep all of the liberty-destroying TSA/random searches/Patriot Act anti-constitutional framework in place. He can, and he will, because guess what - he has absolutely ZERO reason not to.
Conservatives didn't put him where he is, so he is not beholden to us in the least. All these people running around saying that we're "really gonna hold his feet to the fire" and that we're "gonna keep him honest" are just fooling themselves. They're not going to. Romney is going to simply laugh at and ignore them. He has no reason to listen to or care what conservatives think at all, and if you think he does, you're fooling yourself.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Romney's got a good platform! Like he's not going to ditch it about ten seconds after giving his victory speech (if he wins). Because, you know, no politician has ever, you know, lied or anything.
All you folks rolling over and reconciling yourselves to Romney are going to be sorely disappointed. You are in NO position to expect, or even hope for anything from him. He owes you NOTHING. And you will find out that you will GET nothing from him. And it's because we conservatives were absolute stupid idiots and refused to rally around a single candidate early on, and let Romney get momentum by winning with 25-30% in early contests.
Face it, Jeff - even if Romney win's, YOU and WE lose.
Time is going to tell. I believe you are wrong about Romney, though I am sure, like Bush, there will be a number of things he does that I do not agree with. Heck, there were things Regan did I did not agree with and he was our best President since Abraham Lincoln IMHO, maybe since Washington.
I believe though thet Romney, if elected, will be a far, far better outcome for this nation than Obama...and unfortunately, that is what we are left with.
If Rommney is elected, I expect eocnomically we wioll make a relative rapid recovery barring some world-wide crisis. I expect our military will be rebuilt and the R&D will fire back yup to keep us ahead.
I expect Obama-Care will be overturned and rendered moot...though it will take several years to root out all of it that is already going into place.
I expect we will have a storng foreign policy. And, I expect we will get far better SCOTUS JUstices than what Obama would choose.
But, as I said, time will tell. The very chance that any of that, let alone most of it, could happen is reason enough to vote against Obama with Romney.
Defeatism is un-American.