The votes for Romney opened the doors for the GOP to Moderate. The result we see in GOP pushing / voting for Gun control, Supporting Gay marriage and immigration.
They heard us loud and clear when we collectively told them it was all OK. And thats what our votes for a man who supported ALL those things did. Make no mistake.
..........well, unless I mis-interpreted what he said a little while ago, even Jim Robinson held his nose and voted for Romney.
Since we had no other choice but Romney, and since I agree with your last paragraph in your post, I think we can kick it back to the primaries as to when we conservatives LOST then can’t we! Meaning, US Conservatives lost the General Election in the primaries! I haven’t researched/analyzed the math but at first glance it looks like a Palin/Anybody ticket would have beat Obama.