An explanation at last!
It wasn't Romney; it was a different Republican, but "they" all look alike to Sir Harold.

Not too curious. I've lived and worked in London and am sick of the British (and European) ignorance of US culture and politics. Yes, they think that we are stupid and uncultured and our politics driven by religous bigotry. It doesn't help that certain members of certain parties here do all they can to aid and abet those characterizations.

Mr. Nordlinger makes another fine offering, very interesting.
Sadly, the Spectator's reputation has hit an iceberg.

Regretfully, even Mr. Hillyer embraced Newt Gingrich's leftist attacks on proven Private Enterprise, suggesting Conservatives should fear running with successful Private Equity in the General Election.

So many sideline opinion sellers have lost their credibility. Perhaps the worst is Mrs. Palin, following the likes of Mr. Levin and others off of a cliff. These are the same elements which gave the Democratic Party a huge gift in Delaware in 2010.

Mrs. Palin and the EIB foolishly claimed the Democrats wanted Romney in the General, they were wrong - decidedly wrong, as we see Democratic Partisans pour money into Florida to aid Gingrich desperately trying to stop Romney. Democrats fear Mr. Romney:
"SEIU, Obama super-PAC team up to hit Romney in Spanish"

At what point does one's reputation suffer so badly, their appearance vanishes? We have watched many voices, who thought they were bigger than their actual existence, fade from view so many times over the years. It seems some who claim to be the "real" Conservatives, are showing us repeatedly they simply were not very sound at all.

Tea Party, in broad terms, are either fiscal conservatives, somewhat libertarian, or both. What makes him think any of them would ever support a RINO Romney? (Or his twin, Gingrich)

You make some good points, but the assumption that there's any connection there whatsoever is glaringly wrong too.

The Brits' get a blinkered view of American politics, and an especially confused view of the internal debates of the GOP and the conservative movement, by reading The Economist. The Economist delivers confused reporting on these topics because they don't look beyond the NYT, WP, and various other East Coast papers for sources. How much would *you* know about the GOP candidates if your only source was the descriptions given by someone whose only source was the NYT?

Huntsman speaks Mandarin, Romney speaks French, Santorum speaks Italian. Thirty of our past Presidents were bilingual. If anything, it's ironic that Gingrich, who posits himself as the Professor emeritus of Congress if not the entire American population, hasn't been schooled to speak another language.

why will NRO not post my comments when I use a few German phrases? More bias from the media.

Et vous pire que l'autre.

The Frogues have an expression for your sort, Monsieur Hughman -- "Con et content de l'etre."

The mockery took place in a New Hampshire debate. Your interrupting hero, Romney, looked plenty tacky. See YouTube under "Huntsman speaks Chinese, Romney says he's 'lost.'"

By the way, Huntsman would have beaten Obama and been a very good President. Romney, a hunk of plastic, will lose.