What's Mitt Romney's biggest problem?

cnn ^ | Jack Cafferty

[RoosterRedux]

Another Tuesday, another failure by Mitt Romney to line up the party faithful behind him.

Not only did Romney lose yesterday's contests in Alabama and Mississippi, but he finished third in both, putting him behind Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.

Even though Romney remains well ahead in the delegate count and even though he'll still likely win the nomination, he just can't put those nagging doubts among conservatives to rest.

CNN political contributor Paul Begala writes for The Daily Beast that Romney has gone from inevitable to unelectable:

"Somebody strap him to the roof of one of his Cadillacs and drive him off to one of his many mansions." Ouch.

Begala says the hard truth is the more voters see Romney, the less they like him. Begala calls on Romney to get out of the race.

Of course that's not happening, but Romney isn't doing himself any favors here.

On this very program yesterday, Romney proclaimed Rick Santorum was at the "desperate end" of his campaign.

24 hours later it almost looks like it's the other way around. Romney looks like the desperate one - with Southern conservatives seeing right through his supposed love for cheesy grits and catfish.

[Maceman]

Even though Romney remains well ahead in the delegate count and even though he'll still likely win the nomination, he just can't put those nagging doubts among conservatives to rest.

They're not doubts. They're certainties.

[sanjuanbob]

His lips keep moving when he talks.

[nhwingut]

This is a tough call. Romney’s problem is that he’s Romney.

But you have to love the hypocrisy of Paul Begala inserting class warfare... As Obama flies off to a b ball game to the tune of $500k, invoiced to the taxpayers.

[lurk]

What’s Mitt Romney’s biggest problem?

He’s...liberal?

[FrankR]

[RoosterRedux]

Romney is learning the hard way. He can connive and cheat and manipulate to accumulate delegates but he cannot make voters like him.

The Presidency is not the takeover of a company. He can't fire the conservative voters after getting the nomination (though I don't doubt for a moment that he has pondered such action).

Honestly, he treats the American voters like they oppose him in a hostile takeover. He "won't let those darned voters stand in his way to victory."

[cripplecreek]

The problem is that he’s winning the populations centers that will go to Obama in the general election. The chances of him winning all the areas he’s losing and then some in the general election are slim to none.

[ully2]

Being Mrs Cleevers husband.

[Antoninus]

Biggest problem? He’s a liberal trying to run as a conservative—and many people have sniffed him out.

[andy58-in-nh]

The base of the Republican Party does not want him.

[cincinnati65]

Recipe for a Romney:

One part McCain
One part Kerry
One part Obama

Shake well and serve in a tall frosted glass with a fruit garnish.

[RoosterRedux]

It is amazing that guys like Rove backed a candidate who competes with Obama for the very same liberal voters. One would think the would see the idiocy of such a strategy.

Obama will utterly destroy Romney...and Romney will just stand there and smile.

[Diogenesis]

[cripplecreek]

Obama will utterly destroy Romney...and Romney will just stand there and smile.

They'll do what RINOs always do. Say "we told you so" and blame conservatives for the loss.

[RoosterRedux]

It’s getting close to third party time!

[Diogenesis]

Poser backstabber at work:
"Thank me! Look what I found.
Put this thingy on the roof
of my wife’s second Cadillac.
It's the perfect size."

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"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn't make any sense at all.""
--  President Ronald Reagan

[Waryone]

He’s a democrat running for the republican nomination.

[SuziQ]

Bump for later reading

[Reagan69]

Mitt Romney