Who Is The Anti-Romney?

Larison makes the case for Bachmann:

Bachmann can appeal to evangelicals as “one of them” at least as well as any of the other candidates, and she can use the fact that mainstream journalists and pundits dismiss or mock her as part of her “populist” appeal. Other than Ron Paul and Gary Johnson, Bachmann becomes an obvious non-Romney figure on the right to support, and that likely comes at the expense of Pawlenty and Daniels.

Jonathan Chait can't quite accept this:

What I don't understand is why the party elites have so little enthusiasm for Tim Pawlenty, who seems like an adequate nominee — lacking any special political skills, but not burdened by any prominent weaknesses, either. I haven't really dug into Pawlenty's record, so I don't know if the Republican ennui toward him is based on a real weakness or simply an unrealistic desire to be swept off their feet. If that white knight fails to ride in — or if he rides in and falls on his face — I expect them to reconcile themselves to the generic former Republican governor from Minnesota.