Agreed. I'm sick of the gloomy Guses around here and all the other negativity. I'm especially sick of those who continue to spam these threads with the same old anti-Romney spiel.
OK, we get it. Mitt Romney has flaws and he is not the perfect conservative we all hoped for when this campaign started. But the other candidates we ran fell short and that is that.
Rick Perry flamed out with self-inflicted gaffes. Michelle Bachman never caught fire in the first place. Herman Cain imploded. Rick Santorum...nice guy but we didn't need to run a candidate that got blown out by 20 points in his last election in the swing-state of PA. Newt Gingrich? You've got to be kidding me. Maybe he was the most conservative of the bunch but he's a career Beltway hack with enough baggage to sink the Queen Elizabeth. If he got nominated, he'd be a train wreck. He'd be down 15 points by Labor Day and Obama wouldn't even bother debating him. He'd hurt us downticket too. Don't try to deny it, we all know deep inside that is how it would have turned out.
As for those who are holding out hope for a "convention surprise" - you are dreaming. Ronald Reagan is not going to come walking into the hall to start a convention floor fight and Sarah Palin is definitely not going to be popping out of a giant cake on the stage, armed with a magic wand to save the day.
For better or worse, Mitt Romney has got this nomination sewed up and he won it fair and square. He's got the money, the resources and the GOP machine solidly behind him. Unlike the recent dirge-like campaigns of McCain, Dole and the Bushes, Romney appears to be putting together a campaign that is organized, determined and focused. Adults and professionals appear to be in charge and Romney has not been making any mistakes.
So like it or not, he's our only shot to get Obama, enemy of our Constitution, out of the White House.
I understand conservatives not being happy with Romney. But country should come first. If you have to put a clothespin over your nose this November then go ahead and wear one to the polling place. But while you are there pissing and moaning about your presidential choice, make sure you vote Tea Party Republican downticket so that we can control both chambers of Congress and keep President Romney's feet to the fire.
I will fight them till hell freezes over and then on the ice.