Its all about keeping him in the fake news spotlight as the GOP maverick.
Exactly. We should expect the dem's 24/7 MSM coverage of Romney = and/or its favorite leading Rino - will be most favorable from now until the R primaries. Needless to say, at the same time its coverage of Trump will amount to nothing but non-stop hit pieces.
All three threats, the dems, its MSM and the Rinos, if unanswered by Trump, will indeed bleed off some of the undecided and many of the unthinking R voters.