I also heard romney say that the base WILL support him in the general election. What arrogance!
There was an article in Red State in January about the religious leaders meeting. Romney’s religious team apparently were also arrogant. Here is an exert and note how they act like we will do whatever they say.
The problem for Team Romney is that the distrust of Romney is overwhelmingly about his record and shiftiness, but the Romney campaign fundamentally believes it is about his religion. When Team Romney concluded the pitch (read from an iPad seemingly without a passionate delivery) with an admonishment to not be an anti-Mormon bigot, it was game over. Several of the attendees felt like the Romney campaign was almost implying that they’d win without evangelicals and would expect everyone to line up when it was over even without Romney reaching out.
Note to Team Romney: when you are in a room full of Christian leaders like those who were in that room and who have all long been attacked by the left as bigots, it is unwise — no, it is damn foolish — to accuse them of being anti-Mormon bigots, something too many Romney supporters have descended to as the only possible explanation for
So romney has the religious bigot card ready to play. Well that makes sense since conservatives are all bigoted bible thumpers, most of whom can't read or write... everybody knows that.
The arrogance, though, infers a power that he must know he has behind him... that post about Newt and Rick, which you did, really may be the only way to clear him out before the convention...
A friend wrote me today and said the reason the dems are preparing to fight romney in the general election is not because they feel he will or can win the nomination on paper or by his virtue, the GOP powers have promised them romney, and they know the GOP will deliver on its promise. That is really horrible if that's true... like this was scripted months ago... and we're just watching it unfold. But mostly, we are being played, big time.