You're partially right, but you're off on one point. While it is true that the MSM considers Romney slightly more palatable than Cain or Perry, that will not stop them from tearing him to shreds the moment, I mean the very nanosecond, he is (God forbid) confirmed as the Republican nominee.
Once that happens, any nice things they have said about Mormonism will go right into the memory hole and a full scale assault on every controversial aspect of LDS Church history will hit every MSM outlet because they want the Republicans to lose and they will use any weapon they can grasp to make that happen.
Every election the same thing happens, and it amazes me that so many people fall for it each time. Dole was positioned by the MSM and the Republican candidate as "inevitable". They said nice things about him until he was nominated, then suddenly the narrative switched to every flaw (real or imagined) they could present. The same thing happened with Bush, the same thing happened with McCain, and the same thing is bound to happen if we nominate Romney.
Romney has a wide variety of flaws that already make him unpalatable to Conservatives. A full court, in depth expose of Mormonism and it's controversial past will destroy him.
You got that right! Can we PLEASE not fall for it again GOP? PLEASE???