Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney may be ahead in all of the polls for the Republican Presidential nomination, but that is not necessarily good news.
By being the front runner so early, Romney becomes the target for all the discontented groups in the party, who would prefer someone else.
All elements of the party are assaulting him, which may have the effect of weakening a person who could be the strongest nominee for the party.
Social conservatives are suspicious of him because he was once pro choice and for gay rights.
The Tea Party conservatives don’t like the “RomneyCare” health care plan put into law in Massachusetts under his Governorship.
The religious conservatives don’t like that he is a Mormon, which evangelical Christians feel is not truly Christian.
The foreign policy conservatives, led by John McCain and Lindsey Graham, are angry that Romney has suggested a path out of Afghanistan, which they regard as reckless and dangerous to the national security. And McCain has NEVER like Romney on a personal level, and this weekend, accused him of being an “isolationist” in his views on foreign policy and troop commitment.
And the “Establishment” Republicans, led by the Bush family and its followers, and particularly President George H. W. Bush, are favoring former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who is about to enter the Presidential battle, and is a major threat to Romney’s support.
So Romney must, right now, be feeling battle scarred, as it becomes evident that IF he is to win the nomination of the party and have a chance at the Presidency itself, it will only be through much “blood, sweat, and tears”!
Any chance that the GOP could win the Presidency and make major gains in Congress could go down the tubes because of the internal struggle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party!