[George W. Bush]

That's a great statement, brief and to the point. But it needs to be fleshed out.

Mitt needs to slam this one out the park tomorrow night in a way he can't back away from later. He's being a little cagy about committing absolutely to some of his positions.

We in the base don't like ambiguity and room for hedging on certain issues. Guns/sodomy/abortion/borders/illegals/taxes/small-government, these are issues where the base demands clarity and unambiguous statements.

Mitt secretly met with Pat Buchanan over the weekend. We'll see tomorrow night if Pat gave the proper advice on taking strong enough positions to do his campaign some real good. Romney's ambivalence is his real problem. There's no good reason he should be trailing nationally to the extent he is. It's fear of commitment. But he'd better get in gear before Fred sucks all the air out the room.

MITT AND PAT (Romney meets with Buchanan on immigration)

[hunter112]

But he'd better get in gear before Fred sucks all the air out the room.

He's done enough to get a lot of positive exposure. McCain's attack on him is only going to elevate Romney in the eyes of the base, at least those who are not concerned about his religion.

I see this coming down pretty quickly to Romney vs. Thompson, with McCain and Giuliani receding to the middle tier.