A reader from Framingham, Mass. offers advice to conservatives inclined to be for Romney and for the candidate himself:

Dear K-lo,
I’m an avid corner reader and I must have refreshed the corner over 200 times yesterday. I was soaring with anticipation of a Mitt/Obama victory but was bitterly disappointed by the end of the evening when neither materialized.
I think Mitt’s problem so far have been his supporters. Me being one of them.
I am backing Mitt but I have done nothing for him – not a donation, not a yard sign, not a bumper sticker. I have always been GOP party activist but for some reason I just haven’t tuned into the campaign until Iowa. I haven’t felt inspired. I waited a long time for the Reagan Messiah to emerge but he never did and after reading NRO’s endorsement of Romney, I jumped into his camp. I somehow thought my brethren Republicans would just come to the same realization that Mitt is the only acceptable candidate with the total package: conservatism, experience, electability, and good character. Now after two elections and two unacceptable outcomes from Iowa and NH I realized I can’t sit back anymore and must step up and start helping my guy.
I assume that I am not alone in that watching a gloating McCain last night was too much for any of the party faithful to bear and that sitting on the sidelines is not an option anymore. While he was reading his acceptance speech I was at mittromney.com ordering signs, pins and bumper stickers.
I am hoping the evangelicals will get their act together and end this suicide pact with Mike Huckabee. They have battered wives’ syndrome after four years of being beat up in the press for the Bush 04 win and are furied by the fact that Christianity is being erased from the national consciousness while Islamic prayer rooms are set up in our public schools. We can not have McCain or Guiliani or Huckabee be the GOP nominee…it will be the death of the party.
I think there is a general lack of enthusiasm from the conservative GOP base since we lost in 2006 and have been on the ropes from Bush’s immigration fiasco and his low poll numbers. I think Bush, although, he has been a great President in many respects failed miserably in communicating with the American people. Where has he been for the last 4 months???!!
Mitt needs to re-energize those of us who are disillusioned. After viewing the NH McCain attack ads, I think I saw more of why I shouldn’t vote for McCain instead of why I should vote for Mitt Romney.
He needs to start talking with passion about life and family issues, about the war with Islamic fundamentalism, immigration and start hitting at the root of many of the Bush problems which is a recalcitrant entrenched liberal bureaucracy.
Mitt often talks about how good he is at getting things done…we need to hear about what he cares passionately about.
Just my two cents – keep up the great work at NRO…