[JediJones]

Through...suffocatinging propaganda, the indifferent middle comes to the conclusion that the end result is inevitable and that opposition is futile. The switch isn’t consciously considered. The conclusion is arrived at sub-critically -—”it’s just the way it is.”

Sort of like how Romney got nominated?

I have to admit that Obama just did more to help Romney win over the conservative base with this move than Romney ever could have on his own.

[StAnDeliver]

"I have to admit that Obama just did more to help Romney win over the conservative base with this move than Romney ever could have on his own."

Yes, it's an utter electoral miscalculation by Axelrot -- thus one presumes he had no choice -- although how the piss-poor kabuki actually unraveled smacks more of Valerie Jarrett.