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"Romney should be ready to enter the field to save his party from an awful reckoning between its leadership and its base..."

Romney is the very embodiment of the differences between the "leadership" and the base.

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The reckoning between the “leadership” and the base is LONG overdue.

The Donald was and is, intentionally or otherwise, the vehicle of this reckoning. The “leadership” is thoroughly discombobulated, and has no clue as to where to turn, if they believe Mitt is their best option now.

Meanwhile, the Trump Express continues to roll on into territory long unexplored (or never explored) by the “leadership”, laying its own track as it proceeds.

Part populist, part libertarian, and wholly unapologetic, everything that has been aimed at The Donald has either bounced off harmlessly, or ADDED to his momentum.

Lead, follow, or get the hell of the way.