horse of george

Lord, still I hear it, over and over again, from republicans who can't stand Romney but are stuck begrudgingly having to admit that no one else in the race is electable [and, O cruel irony, for the very reasons they can't stand him] and who, in order to avoid actually having to express support in any way for Romney or actually having to call out Gingrich for the monumental head case that he is, resort to the cowardly equivocation and nonsensical rationalization of "it doesn't matter who wins cause anyone would be better than Obama". Putting aside the obvious logical inconsistency of the statement ie the realization that occasions the sentiment is that only Romney has a chance of beating Obama therefore it of course very much matters who wins the nomination - but ignoring that and taking the statement at face value you're still left with an assessment utterly detached from common sense and cold reality - should you beat Obama, whether you have a super majority or not, the only way you're gonna be able to enact and maintain the long term changes that are required to right the country is if you have a president who doesn't alienate moderates or infuriate the not so moderate by seeming too driven by blind ideology, too willing to subvert common sense and practicality in the name of demagoguery and doctrine - only Romney fits that description - I'm not saying he can pull it off - I would have preferred Daniels or Christie or Ryan I think - but it seems very clear to me that out of Obama, Gingrich and Santorum Romney's the only one likely to be on the presidential ballot of 2012 with the potential to pull it off.