seriously, GOP officerholders, at this point why even bother endorsing Romney? Just reminds people you hadnt already.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 19, 2012
Norman Ornstein cringes at the arranged marriage between Romney and congressional Republicans:
[T]he Ryan budget … poses headaches for Romney right now. It jettisons the bipartisan agreement reached last year to avert default, offering sharply lower discretionary domestic spending numbers for next year’s budget. That means there’s a looming confrontation between the House and the Senate over their respective spending bills, which could result in a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on October 1—less than five weeks before the election. For House Republicans, mostly from safe seats dominated by a feisty conservative base happy to have a confrontation, that is just fine. For Romney, not so much.
The Dish 