This quote from Mitt Romney to his phone bank volunteers sums him up quite nicely:

Hit the phones today make all the promises you have to, and…make sure that we get the funds that we need to keep on propelling this campaign forward with power and energy.

Mitt may well be a fine conservative in his heart, but he has not demonstrated it over the expanse of his career.  He told Massachusetts voters what they wanted to hear to get elected governor of that state.  Recently he’s been telling the Republican base what they want to hear in order to secure the party’s nomination - most of which is at odds with his words and deeds while in the Bay State.

Republicans should take heed that the spiritual advisor for the Angry Left is calling for Democrats to support Romney in the Michigan primary.  Obviously he isn’t of the mindset that Romney is the best choice as president, but that he would like to see as many GOP candidates engage in protracted attacks as possible.  I would wager that Kos and his ilk would be euphoric to see Romney eventually win the nomination.  His conservative credentials are shaky at best, his campaign style is, well, bland, and I can envision the class warfare ads decrying Mitt’s Wall Street, upper crust background.  Actually I have already heard such ads - from Mike Huckabee.  In most years those ads would not be terribly effective, but the current mood of voters is receptive to such an appeal in my opinion.  Speaking of Huckabee, it is also worth remembering that the venerable Moulitsas suggested that Huckabee would be the strongest GOP candidate and would make him “lose sleep at night.”  I happen to agree.

As a slight aside, Kos justifies calling out Dems to vote in the GOP primary by saying that the GOP has ”a history of meddling in our primaries,” and that the Dems should “try and return the favor.”  Those poor, innocent Dems being mistreated by evil Republicans!  But then he writes near the end of his post, “Michigan Democrats helped deliver their state to McCain in 2000 to spite their hated governor, John Engler, who had ‘guaranteed’ his state to Bush.”  So really Kos’ motivation isn’t revenge, but rather opportunism.  Why not just say as much?

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