It's starting to look like Mitt Romney will take the nomination by default

[sarah553807]

[bluestateguy]

1. He's a Mormon

and it will be an issue.

[CalGator]

2. perhaps

But Palin still makes the hardcore (R)'s go gaga. It will be a street fight between those two, IMO.

[rvablue]

3. Freepers adhor Mittens.

I think JimBob actually banned them from hyping him on FR.

Without the Freeper contingent, one isn't going to win the nomination.

[AtomicKitten]

4. Yipee! Magic underwear!

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Then you'll see a landslide from Pres. Obama.

Mittens will do well in like Nevada, Arizona and maybe Colorado.

He'll probably win Arizona. Do a bit better in the other two, but lose 'em and then lose the deep south.

That means Missouri, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia will all go Democratic.

[grantcart]

6. AZ pollsters say that the demographics have changed so much that

if McCain had not been on the ticket that Obama would have won AZ against any other Republican, including Romney.

[zulchzulu]

7. Palin and the Huckster will start sniping at Romney and get some traction

They are all going to go into the primary season banging away at each other.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. If Bain Capital and/or the Carlyle Group buy any of the electro-fraud "voting" machine companies

THAT is when you need to worry about President Willard Mittens Brigham Romney.

Just ask Chuck Hagel how that works....