I think a lot of people are underestimating the "anyone but Obama" approach to the upcoming election.
This election will be won be getting Dems and independents to be convinced that what Romney is offering is actually better then Obama...
I have said this before that the anyone but obama approach is simply waving the white flag saying that there is not candidate to worth backing and they know it...
That is why there has been this carousel of GOP candidates that were actually getting backed, because there was no solid candidate in the pool...
When the teaparty brought out bachman as their voice in the state of the union rebuttal in front of a chalk board, I knew that the simple "oust the incumbent" approach had no chance in the presidential election because they could not offer anything that a non-partisan lemming could go for...
So the anyone but obama approach was really about trying to focus on anything/anyone but the actual GOP candidates... knowing that if independents or disappointment Dems were to actually take a look at the character/views of the candidate they would have a rough time bailing...
It was a pretty good strategy considering the situation... but I think the indulgence in the anti-obama whining with petty and fabricated talking points has discredited the anti-obama voices... along with Obama not being what right-winged shock jocks claimed he would be...
I mean if obama is really as horrible as they say, all they needed to do was sit back and allow the Dems and independents to simply identify that for themselves and cross over because it should be self evident... but instead their constant whining/lying approach has resulted in deaf ears for those voters that might cross because it sounds like propaganda/fox "noise"... with marches, signs and emotional displays (acting like liberals)
which is why so many independent voters like you and I are caught between to candidates that seem so unappealing...
Perhaps having the whole page with no romney voters/supports is a part of the "anyone but obama/talk about anyone but romney" strategy...