And Romney decides the Tea party is a good thing;

One woman here pointedly questioned Romney several times about how he would distance himself from the Tea Party movement, which she called an uncompromising “right wing fringe.” Romney has tried to embrace some of philosophy of the Tea Party, but is distrusted by some of the movement’s activists.

“The great thing about the Tea Party movement is that Republicans of all backgrounds and interests have all coalesced around a few common themes, which is government is too big and spending too much,” Romney said. “I happen to agree with that. You’re seeing the Republican Party united in a way that I haven’t seen before.”

Yeah, united in driving all the sane members out of their ranks. You just lost those people who were holding out betting on you as the sane alternative Mitt.