In which case the GOP will have managed to do the almost impossible - lose an election to a one-term wonder like Obama. Romney will not win in a general election against Obama, period. The number of independents and moderates who would find Romney more appealing than Obama is a lot smaller than the number of conservatives - fiscal and conservative - who will simply sit on the sidelines because they cannot stomache Romney.
Come on folks, who else can beat Obama, if not Romney? I am not saying I like Romney, or he will beat Obama. But none of the other republicans can beat Obama.
The general election will be about the economy and who is most competent to fix it. It is a referendum on Obama. Mitt will be perceived by the public as competent, and there have a great chance to beat Obama. Mitt has a good organization. And as we saw in 2008, a great organization like Obama had is what it takes.
Romney will win the republican nomination. And he has a very good chance of beating Obama. So if you don’t like Romney, fine. But don’t support him, and take 4 more years of Obama. It’s not who we want. It’s only who we can choose from.
[The number of independents and moderates who would find Romney more appealing than Obama is a lot smaller than the number of conservatives - fiscal and conservative - who will simply sit on the sidelines because they cannot stomache Romney.]
That’s my guess. It only takes 5% of conservative having queasy stomachs to make this a squeaker. So even if the Repu elite push Romney over the finishing line, there will be hell to pay from people like me, who will be attacking president Romney from the base on Romneycare, and yes on whacky Mormonism.
Imagine a conservative president with zero honeymoon from his own base. What the hell is going through the minds of the elites? I’ll have 5,000 Twitter followers by the election all riled up against a Romney presidency, and there will be many more than me saying the same thing cause I already hear them.
The establishment needs to be very careful about getting what they wish for. They may need magic underwear to keep the GOP from breaking up if the push Romney over the line. Especially if Romney loses the General! Whoo boy, hell to pay then - they’ll be blamed for Dole-McCain-Romney. DoMcRo.