That’s going to be a pretty tough sell in 12.
But there’s no evidence a moderate is more electable that a conservative. Tea Party will likely be working hard in the primaries. If it’s dragged out, the tea party will be turning out votes for the conservative in the primaries, I’d assume, and the tea party has made it clear it doesn’t like Romney. Tea party wasn’t there 4 years ago, moving bodies to the polls.
It seems that more people are buying into the crock that Amy Kremer is the mouthpiece of the Tea Party.