I can appreciate the strategy, but it is moot. He KNOWs how deep his support is, just like he KNOWs how deep our disdain for Obama is. Rock and a hard place (for us) it’s called, and providing advertisement fodder to Obama from the Convention isn’t what I’d call smart.
While I don’t particularly like him, I’ll vote for him because I know what Obama is. I’m more concerned down-ticket now. The only thing that will control Romney if he is President is the Congress and Senate.
If we are lucky enough to get both, we need to start arresting some Obama administration people and putting them in prison. While we’re at it, start jailing some judges, too.
Your post is why I think his VP selection will be a moderate female like Whitman.