If Gov Romney were running against a republican heavyweight, Chris Christie (pun intended), Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Jim DeMint or John Thune, he would be laughed off the stage. Instead, he's running against the only speaker of the house in US history to be thrown out by his own party and fined $300,000
Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santoram, who lost his last election by 18 points.