by Symmetry on Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:53 pm 
			
			Haven't they rigged it already, albeit by accident? Whenever a candidate is described as a Tea-Party favourite, it's typically only a matter of weeks before they either announce that they're not running, say something that alienates sane Republicans, or drop out of the race.
Palin, Cain, Trump, Bachmann, O'Donnell...
Paul is pretty obviously next, and the Tea Party mantle will fall on Santorum. The election is rigged to be a Romney vs Obama vote. Years after it started, the Tea Party still makes little sense as a political voice beyond "not-Obama" and a lot of anger.
			the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein