“This will help nominate Romney. Split the vote, and he will be the nominee. Period. Seen this one before, and the conservatives live on just long enough to split the South Carolina vote, and let Mitt in. We never learn.”
Yup, but it gets a little worse. By nominating mittens, you increase the chance of a third party challenge by Ron Paul. So the gop not only gets mittens as standard bearer, it loses the general election, too.
Only way I see the gop winning the general is if Ron Paul and mittens work an arrangement.
Mitt will lose the election all by himself without needing any help from Ron Paul. Why do you think he lost the Senate in 1994 to Kennedy by 17 points the same year Newt swept Republicans into Congress nationwide? Romney had nothing to run on but being a “job creator” but Kennedy savaged him with TV ads that showed Mitt was lucky if he created as many jobs as he destroyed as he raided distressed companies at Bain Capital. Kennedy never even got to use all the ads because he destroyed Mitt’s poll numbers quicker than he even thought he could. Also keep in mind, Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation during Mitt’s tenure as governor. I’m still trying to figure out WHAT credentials and experience Romney has that anyone thinks will sell in the general election and help him be a good president? I haven’t heard one thing.