The Boston Phoenix has some terrific pieces in the most recent issue. In "McCain Still Able" Steven Stark assesses the chances of the leading presidential contenders. (As you can tell from the title, McCain gets the best marks provided he survives his own party's activists.)
On Mitt:
7) MITT ROMNEY If Romney had run as a Northeast new-face businessman, he’d have had the persona to wage a formidable general-election campaign, putting the Democratic base at risk with the same strengths as Giuliani. Alas, he chose to run as the man of a thousand faces. Even as the nominee, it would be hard to see how he could reinvent himself once again as a centrist. And the religious issue would still be lurking.
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