Robert Shrum: Mitt Romney won. And now he's going to lose

[babylonsister]

Mitt Romney won. And now he's going to lose
The all-but-certain GOP nominee swung so far to the right to please the conservative base that he stands next to no shot of beating President Obama
posted on April 6, 2012, at 6:15 AM


So the hollow man has finally firmed his fragile hold on the GOP nomination, in another of T.S. Eliot's phrases, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." In the Wisconsin primary, the whimper was Mitt Romney's margin — a derisory 4 percent for someone to whom Republicans should rally overwhelmingly since they know he will be their standard-bearer in November.

But as I've written before, Romney's will be a grudging nomination, requiring Herculean exertion and Midas-like spending to overcome a clutch of rivals who resemble the cast of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Wisconsin, like the rest of Romney's poll-lurching journey down the campaign trail, was a recurring revelation of his relative weakness and his unconvincing, untrusted presence among the Republican faithful. Nonetheless, in the party's 2012 sweepstakes, it's all over but the muted cheering; the sorting out of the predictable denouement of the primary process and the potential melodrama of the Tampa convention; and the rebooting of Romney himself.

Romney looks like a papier-mâché candidate with a glass jaw and tin tongue.

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http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/226530/mitt-romney-won-and-now-hes-going-to-lose

[jeff47]

1. Aw crap.

If Bob Shrum thinks Romney's going to lose, then he's going to win.

[babylonsister]

2. Really? Did he think Obama was going to lose in '08? nt

[jeff47]

4. Yes - Shrum backed Hillary. The joke is Bob Shrum is ALWAYS wrong.

If Bob Shrum tells you the sky's blue, you know the sky is orange.

[cbrer]

3. Epic pandering

Is now going to take place. I hope this is the year the American public sees through this steaming pile.