http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/im-ok-youre-ok.php
...........”I understand the resistance, but I am lukewarm on the non-Romneys as well. If I had to choose a candidate among them, I would choose Romney. I think he is the least bad of the lot.
The resistance to Romney among a large part of the base of the Republican Party, however, suggests to me that Romney himself would be less than a stellar candidate against Obama. He’s got problems that the non-Romneys have successfully exploited. Romney’s defense of Romneycare in the debates has been a recurrent thumb in the eye to the not inconsiderable number of Republicans for whom repeal of Obamacare is a priority along with with fiscal and economic issues.
Romney himself must know he is not long on passionate supporters. His claim has been to superior electability against Obama among a weak field of GOP candidates. But the failure to inspire affection if not passion itself reflects a weakness in a candidate for high elective office.
There are other weaknesses in Mitt’s candidacy; Ben Domenech explores them in “The trouble with Mitt.” The attack by Romney and his surrogates on Santorum for having voted to increase the debt limit when he was in the Senate reflects some of these other weaknesses. Mitt must think we’re really, really stupid.
The inclination of Republican primary voters and caucus goers to support Gingrich or Santorum is not the sign of a character flaw or mental defect on their part. It is a sign that Romney is a problematic candidate for the party whose standard bearer he seeks to be. Decrying the failure of Republican voters for failing to fall in line behind him seems to me something less than a winning argument.”
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So will Romney’s backers now join with conservatives? I wonder.
I heard the Bill Cunningham radio show last night...a snippet...waaay back, I stopped listening to him when his hatred of Perry and Newt became clear. He had Santorum on in a short interview, then said he would also interview Romney, and Santorum again in a longer form, before Super Tuesday.
Then made clear he didn’t think any of the current candidates should be selected.
He announced his support for a Mitch Daniels-Marco Rubio ticket at a deadlocked (brokered) convention.
He then had Mike Pence on, and the two of them sang Mitch’s praises at some length.
Cunningham was never for Romney, but neither will he back a red meat conservative (such as, “we like to carry guns and we like to carry them in our trucks” and “you can’t put a gun rack in a Chevy Volt”).
Go figure.
Mitch Daniels has been an effective governor of Indiana, by all accounts. I’m not here to deny that.
But as a candidate? As a president of the United States?
I don’t see it.
For a radio talker who became far more famous for calling Obama “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” in a warm up act for McCain in 2008, he seems strange to end up backing Mitch Daniels.
I have seen that SOME actual ROMNEY backers are thinking a Romney Santorum deal would save Mitt. They are thinking that although they want Mitt for prez, if forced they would even accept him as VP with Santorum for prez.
If you’ll note, what all of these seemingling disperate points have in common is the meme...ANYONE BUT NEWT.
“So will Romney’s backers now join with conservatives? I wonder.”
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A very good question. I firmly believe the RINO establishment elites will go absolutely ceazy if Mittens does not get the nomination. Instead, they will work with the Donkeys and MSM to destroy the people who have dared reject this poseur and is phony candidacy. That is who the Stupid Party RINOs are — petty, vindictive, “my way or the highway” kinds of people. They are vaccuous and without any core principals. Even winning doesn’t motivate them if it’s the “wrong” kind of candidate — that is, a CONSERVATIVE candidate.