Here’s a (non-rhetorical) question: Does anyone out there think Romney has a chance? Wouldn’t be my first (or fifth) choice, but friends are asking.
IMHO he has a very good chance. John McCain went from odds on favorite to flying around alone and broke when most of his staff quit. Then he won. The conservatives didn't want McCain, but they couldn't decide who they did want. He won the states with open primaries and lost all the states with closed primaries. Romney could do the same thing. In fact, with an incumbent President liberals have every reason to cross over and vote for whoever they think will be easiest to beat in open primary states. Romney's people can do math. They'll pick off the states they need without winning a majority in any state and barely showing in the South.
Then in November all the evangelicals will vote third party and the least qualified man in America will win a second term.