Who do you think will be the Republican nominee?

[Oakvale]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Mitt Romney.

It's ridiculous that the most obvious paper tiger since Ed Muskie is apparently going to cruise to the nomination, maybe even carry all fifty states, while being disliked by a large majority of the party and never cracking 30% in the national polls, but that's seemingly where we are.

[Oakvale]

I'm not really entirely sure how the Republican nominating contest turned out to be so full of losers and incompetents that a weird, unlikeable, flip-flopping Mormon who passed state-level Obamacare went on to win all fifty states.

But like you said, that's where we are.

Yeah, it's a perfect storm of incompetence that's somehow lead to a Romney coronation. If virtually any of the hyped potential candidates who declined to run (bar Palin, I guess) had jumped in they'd have mopped the floor with Romney and we'd be talking about Thune or whoever. Hilarious.

[Oakvale]

For what it's worth, while I think Romney's a lock for the nomination, I don't think he'll win in November. Or even that it will be particularly close.

But, really, Newt, you couldn't even try to run a competent campaign? All it would have taken is winning Iowa and then South Carolina on the ensuing momentum.

[Oakvale]

I'd really love to know the reasoning of those who've voted "not Mitt Romney". I mean, I'm not thrilled about it, but I don't see how anyone but Romney ends up winning the nomination at this point.

[Oakvale]

Bump.

Resistance is futile, Republicans. Bow to your awkward Mormon overlord.