“There’s not really an anti-Romney vote, because Romney doesn’t have high negatives. The test of that is when you see Romney against anybody one on one, what happens? He shoots north of 50 [percent]. Or he beats everybody,” Romney adviser Stuart Stevens argued after the last GOP debate in Michigan. “One of the great, understated virtues in politics is patience. It’s like Christmas shopping — people shop when they want to. All the pre-Christmas sales and people still do last-minute Christmas shopping.”
Romney has deliberately chipped away at key areas of resistance in the Republican Party, winning over high-value holdouts like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and courting approval from establishment tribunes like Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and The Wall Street Journal editorial page with his plans to cut spending.
Romney grinds down GOP resistance
via politico.com
