Stop worrying about Mitt. He is DOA for getting the GOP nod. The REAL base of the GOP is the Religious Right...they (we) won’t support him. The straw poll in liberal N.H. doesn’t mean a thing. There are a whole host of candidates that would be chosen by morale/social conservatives over Mr. Romney. Examples (alphbetical): Bachman, Huckabee, Palin, et. Al. Also, as long as one of these social/moral conservatives win the primary, the base will rally around them in the general election.
What is of great importance is that those members of the Tea Party, that aren’t also moral/social conservatives, don’t pull some stunt and refuse to support the pick because they weren’t their particular horse...i.e. Palinistas, etc.
Btw, I will not vote for Romney. The left is banking on the fact Romney will also kill down ballot races because he will KILL Tea Party morale.