I have been resigned the last month or so that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee.  Here’s a scenario:  if Romney does well in Arizona and outright wins Michigan, no one will be able to compete with him on Super Tuesday.  As a result, money for Rick and Newt will start to dry-up, while Ron Paul holds out all the way to convention to get Rand on as Veep.  Done. That what makes this so damn painful to watch: Pure ready-made DNC attack ad material come late Spring.  Awesome:  [ grimy attack ad voice ] “ Is the GOP on the verge of nominating a flip-flopper from Massachusetts? “  Plus, how can this class warfare rhetoric jazz-up the conservative base?  It won’t — it’ll just annoy us.  The “1%” pay enough.  I’m in the 50.5% and I pay too much!  In truth it’s the 49.5% that needs to pick up the slack !  Our government’s problem is not about revenues, it’s about spending. While a President Romney is still better than Obama, why do I get the sinking feeling that I’ll likely be attending a Tea Party rally protesting Romney’s huge-spending, debt-ballooning, interest-group pandering, weak-kneed RINOism one day? I despise holding my nose. Rubio-Paul 2012! ( if only )