Even a cursory glance of the speaker lineup at this year's Republican National Convention show's a virtual "who's who" of extreme politicians: Santorum, Huckabee, and Trump... Oh my!
It's a telling lineup for a party trying desperately to sell the talking point that they are all about "jobs, jobs, jobs." Highlighting these truly radical speakers and elevating once fringe figures with extreme views highlights what the Republican Party of 2012 has truly become-- a party taken over by far-right zealots who distract with tax and deficit talk as they seek to legislate their own narrow definition of "morality."
And therein lies one of the most important, and underreported, problems of a Mitt Romney candidacy. Romney doesn't lead as much as follow the loudest voices in his party.