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The realpolitik is that Romney has the nomination.

But is it really practical to write off Conservatives and chase after the moderates and leftists? Yes, they got away with chasing after moderates with the Bushes, Dole, and McCain, but things have changed, and Conservatives are waking up.

I know he's got less than 30% of all of the delegates so far, but why do you think their response to 2008 was to find the most liberal candidate they could find short of a Democrat, and support him?

It's easy to say that it's because it's "his turn" or he has the most money - the establishment Republicans favor this - we saw this with the first Bush, with Dole, the second Bush (lot of money behind him, but he did jump in line in front of McCain), and with McCain and now Romney. On some level, they have to know they will lose the Conservative wing of the party if they run a pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-homosexual liberal from New England.