That is why I voted for gridlock and Obama in '12. No way I'd want to see Romney with a 'Pub Legislature. God forbid.
You catch a lot of grief for having voted for Obama in 2012 Cabe. But if I knew then what I know today and if I had to choose between the two I would vote for Obama over Romney. And the reason? Obama would do less damage to this country. If nothing else, Trump has exposed so many of these "conservative/republican" leaders as complete hypocrites.
With Obama we could organize POLITICAL opposition to his policy positions. First in the 2014 midterm elections and then in 2016 to prevent Clinton from getting elected. Note, I'm not talking about impeachment here but winning elections as the way to stop Obama.
But a President Romney would have been hard for republicans/conservatives to oppose even as he poisoned relations with Russia and dragged us into a couple more nation building wars. And Romney would have given us open borders - only in slow motion. But in the end the damage would have been done.