Reps say, "anyone but Obama"?

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They hated Romney, despised Romney, distrusted Romney, un-enthused by Romney, but are very resigned to Romney getting the official GOP nod. So, with great reluctance, and tons of misgivings,they will vote for Romney, because at some point, it's "anyone but Obama"....right?

Well maybe not so fast. The Republican Party has been in a marked disarray since Bush won his second term. Denial may have kept those RW party grumblings to a minimum while he was in office, but his exit polls screamed loud and clear.

Lack of enthusiasm for McCain was evident in his last ditch effort to energize the base by choosing Palin for VP. Old man boring and angry, and young woman stupid (and prone to displaying that to too often), just simply didn't work out so well. The party is having a very hard time re-grouping and defining themselves.

The Tea Baggers step in and and try hard line rebranding of the GOP. It seems to have some effect in mid term elections, but really doesn't have a strong enough foothold in the approaching Presidential Race.

Tea Baggers try to rally around one GOP candidate after another. Each time they fall...they fall hard. The party sees the continued decline of their beloved GOP "values" (whatever) in the remaining candidates. Finally it looks like it's Romney is to be their man. The candidate that never got it quite right. The candidate the right leaning part of the nation NEVER rallied behind. At least not in the same manner as Perry, Cain or even (lord save us) Santorum. But never mind, the GOP is counting on "anyone but Obama" as the winning strategy to get a Republican into the Whitehouse.

What the GOP is failing to recognize is a small rift in the seemingly desperate "anyone but Obama" crowd. The "anyone but Obama" drifters, justification for voting for Romney, is recognizing that the GOP strategies and policies has damaged the economy, the GOP has really done a number on it's own brand. Is Romney the one to really redirect all of that? Is Romney going to effectively rebrand the Republican party in a more positive light, ready for 2016 for a second GOP term in the Whitehouse....or is he more likely to do even further damage that will taint any Presidential hopefuls in 2016. The drifters are treading into sensitive territory acknowledging that perhaps it's better that Romney doesn't make it to the Whitehouse 2012. Perhaps it's better that they let Obama deal with this economic mess for one more term in the hopes of damaging the DLC brand? Perhaps they will stay home.....the muttering is not so much "anyone by Obama" to a growing crowd, it's more like, "how to stop Romney from creating a giant public GOP cluster fuck".