horse of george

Funny story in Politico about the RNC supposedly having 'been in the tank', as they put it, for Romney all along. Ahhh... this is news? I mean, I understand why Sweater Vest and Gingrich would want it to be a story - but is anyone not disoriented by an ideological fever or steeped in a dark and brooding self denial surprised by this? Of course they've been in the tank for Romney - what choice did they have? It has been quite obvious since Pawlenty dropped out [and frankly probably before that] that the only viable, credible candidate in the race was Romney - this is why I predicted a possible civil war brewing up in conservative ranks between 'the establishment' and the base [and its enablers] if Romney couldn't quickly put the not-Romney clowns away. What I didn't see coming was the civil war being deliberately stoked by Santorum, which seems maybe to be happening [well, I actually did sort of predict that Sweater Vest would seek to enlist the base as ideological foot soldiers in his noble resistance against evil Washington insiders etc etc]. Along these lines we see that apparently Santorum operatives are trying to get the Texas primary changed to a winner take all contest - since even if Santorum were to take all those delegates it really wouldn't change the math that much one suspects this is really about trying to stoke the flames of an uprising by the base.