RealClearPolitics:
"Although the talk running rampant inside the Beltway is that the path to the nomination is more wide open than ever, a cadre of Republican presidential strategists contacted for this story said that such talk is simply conventional wisdom, with one pointing out that conventional wisdom is usually wrong. If anything, most said that Romney's late-starting strategy has been masterful and has solidified his spot atop the rest of the field. He will make his candidacy official Thursday in New Hampshire, nearly four months later in the cycle than when he launched four years ago."
