Does it matter if you’d prefer him over Obama? The same Independents and conservatives that have crucified Obama in town halls and at the polls aren’t going to be particularly thrilled to learn the GOP nominated a man who enacted the same legislation. Kind of hard to argue the GOP wouldn’t be hypocrites. Public opinion against the GOP and Romney would be ugly if they try and brazen that one out after 2 years earlier waging war against Obamacare in an election.
People who want to win need to think long and hard if they want to go down that road. The elites in the party say we cost them the Senate? well I disagree but consider this. McCain cost them the presidency and so to will Romney.
“Does it matter if you’d prefer him over Obama?”
Only if by some misfortune Romney gets nominated. Then it would certainly matter.
People who post “I’d never ever vote for ....” are like spoiled children who say they will hold their breath until they die. Do they really mean that if the election were hypothetically Romney against Hitler they would stay home or vote for a third party? I didn’t like Chris Christie ... too Liberal ... so I supported his primary opponent Steve Lonegan. But when the choice was Christie against Jon Corzine, I took a deep breath and voted for Christie, and it has worked out much better than I ever expected.
Politics is a serious business, and conservatives had better act like adults, or we will lose our country for good to Obama and his communist friends.