re: #12 Petero1818

That depends. Actually the best thing that can happen for the GOP is to nominate Frothy, because when he loses, they won’t be able to argue that. Frothy’s conservative credentials are strong, and I suspect that he won’t be able to run from them in the general election. The loss to Obama will give the establishment back some power and likely cause some shift back towards the middle. If Romney wins and loses in the general, the wingnuts will run the asylum next cycle.

I gotta agree with Obdi, the wingnuts are the ones running the show, the establishment’s just along for the ride. At the same time, the base continues to believe that they’re not really running things, that the party’s still full of “RINOs,” and that a Romney nomination is a guaranteed loss versus putting up Santorum or (*gag*) Newt.