But he is an empty suit. A game show host. A Stepford candidate. He may be a capable administrator, but that is like saying he is a competent mercenary. His sword is for hire. As one wag put it, "He reminds me of the guy who fired my dad". He may very well have.

He has no principles, will shamelessly pander to anyone for votes,
will switch sides and positions for the benefit of the moment, and then switch back, will say anything he feels it is necessary to say to win. He speaks as if no one was paying attention, or as if no one had a memory. He is not immoral, he is amoral. Under different historical circumstances, he could just as easily have run as a Democrat. I don't think it really matters to him. He doesn't do it for money, or even for power. He does it because its his job.

The conservatives in his own party have always known this. The moderates are just starting to figure it out. The only reason they support him is the same reason they nominated him, because they hate Obama so much they can't think straight any more. Obama humiliated their Great White Hope, the Bush administration. He exposed it for the pathetic sham it really was. The Right can never forgive Obama for that. They are willing to destroy themselves, along with the rest of us, to get their revenge.

"What can men do against such reckless hate?"

Romney is the perfect conservative candidate. If Mitt is elected, or if he is successful in getting his programs adopted, its because he was the conservative alternative. If he loses, or fails while in office. It will be because he wasn't conservative enough. That's how conservatives have always evaluated their candidates, how they have deconstructed reality. He really IS the best they could do.

But Romney isn't what I mainly fear. If he doesn't work out for the Right the way they had hoped, they are going to want to replace him.
And I don't think they will be willing to wait for another election to do so. I fear for his safety as well as ours.