Agree totally. Romney loses Iowa (he is not their kind of candidate) and $ dry up. Then, with no $, he loses NH, and it's all over. He is Guilianni, 2012.
Palin will not run.
Right now the field is wide open, and the eventual candidate may not even be mentioned at this point.
Remember the name Thune.
No, I don’t see Thune suddenly becoming somebody, then sweeping the conservative base, then suddenly becoming a record breaking, fund raising monster, and then crushing the already in place, fully developed, GOP establishment supported, Romney machine.