Here is a dumb question, but I don't know a ton about politics so forgive my ignorance...

If Romney is such a bad candidate, wouldn't it be better for the long term interest of the Republican Party if he lost this election and in 4 years a more suitable republican candidate ran for president rather than having him win and then get probably 8 years out of him?

If he wins the Presidency and is as terrible as some people think he will be than in 8 years won't that just set the stage to flip back to a democrat vs. Having someone run in 4 that will do a much better job and possibly set up a longer republican run? I would think a lot of the better candidates sit out the elections that will require them to run against the current president.