Oh, Mitt had the fire in the belly, when he was running against the other GOP candidates.
His sole mission was to block a conservative from getting the nomination. He had no intention of winning the general.
I once heard that in order to get back to the center after being taken to far in one directn is to be taken just as far in th other direction.
Cruz can do that. Romney can’t. Then again, they might be pushing Romney so he can preside over the rat gains for a few years until they can accuse him of screwing up the country and then taking the whitehouse back.