Tea Party would pull a lot of votes from Romney
Perhaps. But if someone like Ron Paul is on the ticket, it could pull a lot of votes from Obama as well. Paul (assuming D-Obama and R-Romney) would be the only candidate standing up for many of the positions Obama flip-flopped on. There are a number of progressives and independents who feel betrayed by Obama's reversal, essentially embracing all things Bush (police state, executive privilege, the warfare state, vanishing civil liberties, corporate welfare, habeas corpus, the individual mandate, etc, etc, etc). Paul is by far the most consistent champion for these issues.
Obviously not all of them would, not even most, but a significant number would be tempted, especially if Paul team up with someone like Nader - setting aside ideological difference in a full-fledge effort to get rid of corporatism.
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