I think you’re right! (And thank you for your non-hysterical opinion, btw.)
My concern is that Romney has a RINO machine from his last effort, and as you say, he is DOLE in spades. Palin won’t throw down and hasn’t left FOX, so I don’t think she will run. Failing to commit does not build a machine. The question is the primary. Who will RINOs and Independents nominate. They don’t want Obama. In the clutch I am afraid they will take bad Romney policy over Palin history tours.