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Well, I couldn’t imagine a room of people screaming “Mitt, Mitt!”, and he seemed to do ok.

I wouldn’t put anything past the establishment and wouldn’t be surprised in the least if Jeb ended up the nominee in 2016.

Well, I couldn’t imagine a room of people screaming “Mitt, Mitt!”, and he seemed to do ok.

Mitt won because, one by one, the Conservative choices self destructed. Bachmann led early but gaffed herself out of the nomination. Cain led later, but he either couldn't control himself or caved under false accusations. I hope it was the latter and he caved due to inexperience, because I still think he would be a great choice if that was the case.

The rest of the candidates were simply ineffective.

I made the observation that Mitt was just a placeholder for Jeb back in the winter of 2011. I also made the observation that Mitt was basically a nice guy, like the Bushes, but politically indistinguishable other than the fact that he didn't quite share the Bush enthusiasm for illegal aliens.

I might as well have compared George Washington to Fidel Castro given the vitriolic reaction I got from many on this forum for making such a statement. You would have thought Mitt Romney was the devil reincarnate rather than just the latest RINO flavor.

If we're going to prevent another RINO stampede into picking our candidate, we need to get behind one of them now and stop looking for perfection.

For all their warts, I think Rand Paul or Paul Ryan would fit the bill. I'd prefer Sarah Palin or Rick Santorum, but I honestly can not see how either can get any traction.