How did you come to that?
The media always favors the weakest, most liberal of the viable candidates for the Republicans so that they can beat him, or at least keep the conservatives out of the running.
This is the first time that you have heard of that kind of thing?
Sure, but Newsweek's primary goal is to keep Obama in the White House, not to help his RINO opponents. I am guessing that Newsweek has calculated that Romney is the primary threat to Obama's second term. If I am right, this offer would be one way for Obama to neutralize his competition. It's a lose-lose for Romney, and Newsweek knows it.