It is *much* too early to make predictions. A lot can (and will) change in the next twelve months.
I believe Romney’s chances are not nearly so strong as he would have us believe.
For example, many Freepers make the assumption that all Mormons would vote for Romney. Not so. I know a lot of Mormons and many of them are against Romney... or at best, lukewarm about him.
This is not obvious because Mormons are a lot like an old-fashioned family: They don’t air family disagreements with “outsiders.”
Mormons tend to be very conservative in every way, and many of them aren’t comfortable with what they learned about Romney in the last election.
All the attention on Romney spotlighted how liberal he really is.
(Not to mention being, in my opinion, slippy, unctuous, and politically flexible.)
The coming campaign for 2012 will simply give more people the opportunity to examine Romney.
I do not believe Romney will ever be President.
Ooops. “slippy” = slippery