The feeling I get that Romney will win the nomination, gives me that same feeling in my stomach.....
I know what you mean -- I had that same feeling back when McCain got the nomination, which surprised the heck out of me.
With sadness and disgust I predict that FOX, widely (and in my opinion erroneously) regarded by Republicans and Democrats as an honest arbiter of conservative sentiment, will spin its coverage such that Palin is a joke and a mere celebrity FOX colleague, and that Romney is the only "serious" candidate. Brit Hume, Krauthhammer, and all the other Certified & Approved "voices of the right" will assume the roles of The Grown-Ups who decide what to report so we'll decide the way they want us to, and that will be that Romney is the "responsible" choice.
The vast herd of Republican sheep will sway in their direction, bleating "Well, at least he's better than Obama" (or whoever the Dem nominee is, which is yet to be seen), vote "safe," and regardless of who wins the presidency, our present malaise will worsen as the government grows ever more burdensome and interfering.
I hope I'm wrong, but I have the sinking feeling I'm not.