[Lady Heron]

Oh, Obama is hated enough that Romney will win with out the base this time. That is the key....he will not win a second term because by then the dems will give their people someone to vote for and we will still have someone the base can not stand....great thinking.

[EGPWS]

....he will not win a second term because by then the dems will give their people someone to vote for and we will still have someone the base can not stand....great thinking.

But...but...it's his turn this election cycle.

[Lakeshark]

If he is dumb enough (and he may be) to ignore the base his first three years then he'll get a strong primary challenge; heck, maybe we'll even get a genuine conservative for a candidate.

I could handle that.

[Sola Veritas]

“Oh, Obama is hated enough that Romney will win with out the base this time. That is the key....he will not win a second term because by then the dems will give their people someone to vote for and we will still have someone the base can not stand....great thinking.”

My worst fears realized. Plus, IF Romney wins, during the 2014 election the GOP will lose major seats in the House and Senate which will make the situation even worse.

We would be much better off to make conservative gains in the House and Senate this fall, but for Romney to lose. Then our gains would increase in 2014. So, in 2016 we can finally get a conservative the base will support and repair damage done by 8 years of the Obamination. Also, especially after 2014, the congress WILL hold Obama in check. IF he keeps up his urinating on the COTUS...he will be impeached and convicted. I would LOVE to see that happen. That would be much sweeter than a lousy Romney victory - which IS NOT a victory for those of us that are conservative.

[neverdem]

Oh, Obama is hated enough that Romney will win with out the base this time.

Don't be silly. Self identified conservatives are at least forty percent of the electorate, and the self identified independents, aka unaffiliated, are not far behind them.

That is the key....he will not win a second term because by then the dems will give their people someone to vote for and we will still have someone the base can not stand....great thinking.

How are the rats going to get back all those working class whites that they have truly alienated with their energy and environmental policies? Those are bread and butter issues. They want to close down the coal industry and block drilling and fracking for gas and oil in the name of Gaia. They are writing off a huge chunk of their former base.

As I have written elsewhere on this forum

I’m not that sure that Romney was that liberal or just a pol blowing in MA’s wind. IIRC, Mark Kirk moved to the right after he was elected to the Senate from Illinois. He was one of the biggest RINOs in the House from a northern Chicago suburb. Gillibrand from upstate NY went from moderate rat sleeping with rifles under her bed to one of the most hard left members of the Senate.

Romney was my last pick for the nominee. If he governs from the left, he can be primaried. The Tea Party spirit isn’t going away.