Actually, he’s got it upside down.
The “tea party” is the GOP rank and file. The people who most hate the tea party (which is to say, their own membership) are what we used to call “Rockefeller Republicans” and what we now like to call Rinos and GOPe. I believe they hate the rank and file Republicans more than the Democrats do.
And the Repubs who most viciously attacked us almost always turned out to be romniacs. This is one of several reasons so many of us wanted nothing to do with Romney. We mistrusted him due to his record, but viscerally disliked the kind of people who were quickest to rally to him.
But just as we have found it necessary to offer him our support, he has found that he needs it. So, Romney, a qualified yes. Romniacs, no. They can still take a flying leap.
Romniac = Mittbot