Don’t bet on it. Whether you like him or hate him, he has 300 million bucks or so waiting to unleash in a campaign. That much money will make him a player.
Not a chance, money or not. The current crop of phony Republicans will be tarred and feathered by the time 2012 comes around. They will have no chance. We will have a hard-edged candidate in 2012, the country will be demanding one. And ‘politicians’ like Romney, those who have sold out along the way to get along with the left will get blown away.