We have Bill Kristol to thank for Mitt Romney to begin with. His discomfort at this point is playing for the world smallest violin.
Do we?
My understanding is that he was looking for an alternative to Romney during the primaries and promoting Gingrich and Santorum for a while.
Kristol may have looked to Romney in 2008 as an alternative to McCain, but he certainly wasn't in Romney's camp this primary season.