Romney is now playing the "inevitability" card in the Iowa republican primary race. It remains to be seen whether or not it will work. But the mainstream media is definitely picking up on it. It goes something like "I have the best chance to beat Obama, and therefore, I'm going to be the nominee, better get behind me."

It might work. There are some pragmatic republicans. Aren't there? Of course there are. And they are going to shrug their shoulders and vote for Romney. Aren't they? Romney wants to make it seem like it's inevitable. We'll see. But one thing I agree with the mainstream media is that if Romney wins both Iowa and New Hampshire, he's going to be hard to stop.

Can he beat Obama? I don't think so, unless something almost unimaginably bad happens that is something that the president could have influenced in some way. It could happen, but probably won't. Short of that, Romney, if nominated, will lose to Obama in the general.