You don’t want “to defend Romney”, you just want to defend Romney and attack conservatives as Romney haters.
You even defend his loss in the 2008 primary when he had it all, the money, the organization, and even the luxury of injecting 50 million dollars of his own money in between massive fund raisers, against two guys with no money or organization.
There is a reason why this past democrat and Planned Parenthood fundraiser has only won a single election since he rejoined the GOP.
The subject matter of the post was the problem the GOP has with conservative candidates pulling voters away from what should be a decisive Republican victory to the point the Democrats could take the seat. While recognizing I was going to be flamed for saying so, which proved so true, my initial point was that conservatives refusing to vote for the more conservative of the two major party candidates end up helping the furthest left win - example provided was Romney. The country has a long way to recover, and may not if purists further enable the ultra left to solidify their power. While you will disagree, the country is in far worse shape now than it would have been - even if it would not have been as good as we might have liked it - if Zero had lost. Again - the point is generic about getting the best we can in the primaries and then coalescing for the general election on every level.
Your reply to me appeared to suggest you were talking about Romney losing to “two guys without campaign funds, or organization” as referring to the 2012 general election, which would be absolute falsity. Now you clarify you were talking about 2008. OK - Romney lost and dropped out of the primaries then. Was the point electability? He overcame whatever issues and was elected the party candidate in 2012. It appears however that your comments were a repeat of an earlier tirade against Romney from “The Madness of 2008...” posting today, where the 2008 reference may have been more inherent. A look at your other comments suggests your animosity towards Romney far outweighs your concerns about conservatism. Many conservatives supported Romney, all I’ve tried to do is articulate the point that dividing the conservative between conservative light and true conservative is ensure ultra liberals win.