[maui_hawaii]

might actually bring the party back to the image of the northeastern establishment Rockefeller Republicanism that, thankfully, Goldwater, Nixon, and then Reagan got rid of.

I don't think this should even be regarded as a concern of anyones.

There isn't a snowball's chance in... that Romney would A) represent such B) even try to revive that at all.

Should Romney get elected it will have an almost Arizona feel to it, much more than some NE new englander...

[George W. Bush]

Should Romney get elected it will have an almost Arizona feel to it, much more than some NE new englander...

Interesting take. It brings to mind some of the writing about Santorum and how he could never have been beat if he had been in a southwestern state like Arizona.