[84rules]

If Romney were to somehow grab the GOP nomination, it would be a disaster worse than McCain. Romneycare is a huge politcal rock around his neck that he can never remove. He has already been branded a hypocrit by Conservatives who point to the growing failures of RomneyCare. For opposing ObamaCare, he has been branded a hypocrit by liberals who point to RomneyCare as the model for ObamaCare.

There is no way Romney is ever going to overcome this. He will never convince independent voters of his sincerity on health care issues.

[fluffdaddy]

“There is no way Romney is ever going to overcome this. He will never convince independent voters of his sincerity on health care issues.”

Or of his sincerity on any other subject. The chattering class seems determined to ignore the fact that Romney is positioning himself as a totally different candidate from the one who was running for President just a bit more than three years ago. Then he was a born again conservative, the second coming of Ronald Reagan. Now he's Mr. Individual Mandate and Antropogenic Global Warming. He's targeting a different slice of the electorate with an act that's not only different, it's inconsistent. I get whiplash just writing about the guy.

Some conservative intellectuals fell for Romney's schtick last time. Nobody will now. He's utterly cynical and there just aren't enough cynics voting in the primaries to put him over the top.

Unless Romney continues to run unopposed, he will be beaten, badly.