Harry Enten challenges my view that Romney will have a real problem with conservatives in the general:
Have a look at the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, in which 89% of Republican primary voters said they would vote for Romney. In fact, the percentage who said they would vote for Romney enthusiastically is actually up 7 percentage points since October, albeit that it is still very low at 45%. This compares with only 81% of Republican primary voters saying they would for Rick Santorum, of which only 42% would do so enthusiastically. This 89% Republican support is right around the percentage that George W Bush won in 2000 and 2004.
Those are impressive numbers. My issue is with turnout, and with the evangelical Mormon issue. Romney's best bet with those is Israel and Obama-hatred. I have no doubt he will run the most negative and dishonest anti-incumbent campaign I've seen in my adult lifetime.
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