BINGO!
And they will relish doing it. One of the reasons they love Romney so much (right now, anyhow) is because they are absolutely sure they have enough dirt on him to totally destroy him in the run-up to the general election.
But, if it's not Romney, it wouldn't matter a whit. Whoever the Republicans nominate will be painted as the epitome of evil.
> One of the reasons they love Romney so much (right now, anyhow) is because they are absolutely sure they have enough dirt on him to totally destroy him in the run-up to the general election.
And they probably also figure that in the unlikely event that he wins, he won’t be a threat to the liberal agenda.