[entropy12]

Nope! He’s a “born liar,” a “born progressive,” a “born flip-flopper,” a “born arrogant prick,” and “a born nasty SOB”. But a “born leader” he ain’t!

What does that say about his opponents who can not even defeat this liar, progressive, flip-flopper prick and a SOB? Where are Palin, Barbour, Daniels, Ryan, DeMint etc who would not be losing to Mittens!

[DBrow]

Anyone who might defeat Romney is zotted by the press. it’s hard to campaign when the entire MSM is doing opposition research on you and spreading rumors.

[drbuzzard]

>Where are Palin, Barbour, Daniels, Ryan, DeMint etc who would not be losing to Mittens!

Good question, though there are answers to some:
Palin- people who think she could have been elected are fooling themselves. She lacks experience, and was too thoroughly trashed in the last election. I like her, but I am realistic. She was realistic as well and didn’t run.

Barbour- not sure why he didn’t run

Daniels- he opted out because he didn’t want to expose some family issues to the world. His wife ran away for a while but eventually came back, and he decided this wasn’t something he wanted on the national stage. He would have been my pick hands down.

Ryan- he has stated clearly that he thinks he can do more good chairing the budget committee. I think he’s right. He is presentable and speaks well, but still is not a national figure. Going from a House seat to president is a heck of a leap, especially for someone so young.

DeMint- again, not sure why he didn’t run. Maybe he prefers to be the power behind the throne.

I could speculate as to why some aren’t in the game. As I understand it, the level of fundraising required, and the restrictions in place have made amassing a war chest a very full time job that takes years. Could be Barbour and DeMint are both familiar enough with the process to hate the idea of tackling it on the national scale.

Truth be told, the most compelling reason Romney is doing well is that he never stopped running from 2008 so has continued to raise money and work on his ground organization in all the states. This has been clearly demonstrated in several states where the competition didn’t get properly registered (VA, OH, etc). If it weren’t for that advantage I suspect someone would have cleaned his clock properly by now.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Entropy, that’s a damned good question.

I suspect the Establishment cleared the decks for Mitt in 2012 by talkjng the real contenders out of it. After all, with the GOP it’snever “who is best equipped the win and lead us”, rather it’s “who gets the next turn”?