Obama is our enemy right now, not Romney.
This is the same line used in 2008. From what we were told then, a win for Obama would mean no elections by 2012. So hold your nose and vote for McCain. I did, he lost, we are still holding an election in 2012, but with a more liberal Republican candidate.
This is akin to the Democrats scaring the seniors with threats that Republicans are going to take away their Social Security.
Yes, it's bad. It got bad in Carter's time too. It took a Conservative to change the course. And the stark contrast is what got the Conservative in. Reagan was not Carter-lite.