That has been the objective of the Romney family since father George fought the Goldwater and Reagan Revolutions.
The country is between a rock and a hard place if Romney faces Obama in the general election. What I see is the choice between A) Four more years of Obama but with a conservative movement still alive in the one of the two viable parties or B) Romney who will adopt 90% of Obama's agenda but kills the conservative movement in the Republican Party. Both options are equally distasteful to me which is why I will not vote for President in the general election if that match-up occurs.
There is a difference, if Romney gets elected then assasinated for being a socialist and liar or whatever stupid reason in some pea brains head, no one will cry racism....