I am leaning very much in the same direction... Yes he would be better for America than Obama, no question, but it will be politics as usual for his term and NO Real long term solutions... Conservative Republicans will get all the blame for what transpires and we will lose all we gained by Obama showing how bad a truley Liberal “smooth talker” will make things... With Romney, any recovery or changes wont be nearly what it could be with the right “non politician” peron in there to actually CHANGE Washington. I would love to see Cain in there, but I could vote for Gingrich or even Perry if I had to. Bachman too if she somehow got there instead of Mittens, but just dont know I can hold my nose again this time, only chance at this point would be if he picks the right running mate, I might could do it again, like I did last time, just told myself I was voting Against Obama and For Palin.
No, he would not. Especially if the GOP holds the House and gains the Senate (which they likely will).
Allow me to explain:
While nobody is claiming that he is as bad as Obama, he is still a liberal Northeastern who would make George HW Bush or Gerald Ford seem like right-wing extremists by comparison. He is a Repubican in the mold of Olympia Snowe. I think we can agree on that.
With a GOP Congress, his initiatives would receive far less scrutiny than similar initiatives proposed by a "moderate" Demoncrap president with the same views.
He would nominate SCOTUS justices in the mold of Harry Blackmun or John Paul Stevens (both Repubican-nominated former justices).
On the other hand, any initiative by Obama would be utterly blocked by a totally GOP-controlled Congress. Particularly if they did not have to "compromise" like they do now with a Demoncrap-controlled Senate.
The bottom line is that Romney, in my opinion, would be far more dangerous than Obama...particularly if the Congress is controlled by the GOP. Because Congress would give him at least a partial pass.
Conservative Republicans will get all the blame for what transpires and we will lose all we gained by Obama showing how bad a truley Liberal “smooth talker” will make things.
Exactly.
Frankly, if Mittens is the nominee, it would be better to abandon that race (or vote 3rd party) and spend all your efforts trying to get Dhims and RINOs out of Congress...in order to minimize the damage that is done by whoever would be the next resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.