I think you’re right about liberals wanting Romney.
Maybe not the whacko die-hard liberals but I could see my Mother-in-Law, a mostly moderate sort but leaning liberal, adoring a Romney.
I also think that Romney is flipping the GOP base of Tea Party types the proverbial bird. Romney’s looking for votes from the GOP Blue Blood Ruling Class elite and that swath of “moderates” and Democrats leaning a bit conservative. He thinks the numbers to get him in are there.
And he could be right.
But make no mistake, he could care less about the Tea Party base and Rush Limbaugh.
It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
That's what the Dewey/Rockerfeller/Nixon/Bush wing of the party has always done and always will do.
What conservatives have to do is unite behind a candidate and send the elitist wing of the GOP over to reform the Democrats.
The country can survive with alternating 8 year rule between conservatives and RINO's. We cannot survuve with alternating 8 year rule between Marxists and RINO's.
I liked Romney in 2004 given the alterntives. Fred Thompson seemed completely disinterested (though I’ve become extremely fond of him listening to his radio show). Huckabee was a no-go for me and seemed wholly unelectable. McCain was a thorn in the side for Republicans. Paul was a bit out there on some issues, spot on with others, but so goofy as to be unelectable. Romney was the most conservative of those who showed a strong drive to get across the finishline (unlike others here, I never saw that in Thompson. Were he to make a run and seem serious about it this time, I’d be backing him).
I will not be supporting Romney this time around, and I think we can and must do better. That said, his odds seem better this time around, IMHO. A lot of the open primary states like New Hampshire are going to have a lot more moderates voting on the Republican side, as who cares about voting for Obama? The primaries are by nature going to align more moderate. I say that, but I also think the electorate has moved modestly to the right, as has the fervor.
Romney would love to see Cain, Palin, and Bachmann in the race. They split the vote, and he takes home the prize.
He is betting the un motivated middle against the one step away from insurrection motivated conservatives.
once the polls aren’t run by the leftist media and old guard - he is gonna get his butt kicked.
Similar to many of his comments and statements - he is 10 years behind the times. 10 years ago - his strategy would have worked. Now - it just demionstrates how out of touch he is.