I am not a Romney fan (McCain’s my man), but I do think that he will be able to unite the party around him if he wins Florida and takes a good chunk of the Feb 5 states, esp. California (where the polls showed a 4-way dead heat before the MI primary). A FL win is well within the realm of possibility, with a post-MI bounce and a barrage of TV advertising.
And, if the Dems nominate Hillary, it would unite the GOP even more firmly around their candidate.
I once attended a Mitt Romney speech in 1997, at my business school. There’s no question the man’s a terrific strategist and a bold businessman. His bet on Michigan has been proven a shrewd one. I think he can pull it off in Florida again if he has the good sense to give SC a bye.
If he wins FL, then’s it’s between him and McCain on 2/5. Since the GOP faithful don’t like McCain and since a lot of those states don’t have open primaries (i.e., no independents, just party faithful), they will choose Mitt.
Not that I’ll be happy about that outcome, but that’s the way the cookie’s gonna crumble.
My man McCain has to win both SC and FL to have any hope of stopping the Mitt machine.
Ramdas
