Romney is a footnote (if that) in political history. Palin will crush Romney in a Republican primary.
A few points.
1) NRO might as well have been known as Romney Headquarters. And would have been, if not for Hugh Hewitt. They aren’t objective sources where the man is concerned.
2) I was a Thompson supporter and remember quite well the tactics employed by the Romney camp and sycophants against him so if I find it conceivable that the same is being done to Palin when I see the same people going after her, well, I think the suspicion is justified.
3) Whether Romney has officially sanctioned the attacks or not, and let’s just say he is not supportive. What does it say about the man that these are the people he commands the loyalty of? If Clinton’s associates were fair game in judging his character, and Obama’s associates are fair in judging his, then Romney’s people are the same. And, no, I’m not comparing Parker to Ayers. But a part of GWB’s main failing has been surounding himself with the wrong people that inevitably turned on him or persuaded him into the wrong course of action. Romney’s surrogates do not bring comfort.
4) Romney is not a conservative. And this really is why I’ll never support the man. I don’t buy the 11th hour conversion when he decided to run for the W.H. You can all say in 2012 he’ll have years under his belt as a practicing conservative but, not really. He won’t be holding office to test this conversion’s truth and he’s still running for office. There’s no way to prove the conversion isn’t politically motivated and I don’t see why I should take it on faith when we’ll have real proven conservatives as options in ‘12.