Romney certain hopes so; “conservatives across the country are saying, ‘whoa, we have to get behind Mitt Romney,’” he said on CNN’s Late Edition.”

An e-mail:

I wrote you a long time ago saying that Mitt Romney would never win the nomination. Well, now I think he might. It seems there is a movement toward him in the past few days, and I think it’s because people are seeing how bad a McCain presidency would be for us. According to Robert Novak, President Bush privately says he won’t support Romney because of his stand on immigration. Well, I am so tired of Bush that I’ll vote for the guy he doesn’t want just for spite. This election is about Bush, but surprisingly it’s on the Republican side. I’m voting for Romney here in California because of Bush and that idiotic statement. I’m not thrilled about Romney (I was for Fred Thompson), but I damn sure live with the effects of illegal immigration every day, and I won’t support anyone who thinks it’s great to legalize lawbreakers (both the immigrants and the employers). I’ve always been a loyal Republican, but I quit the party in 2004 mainly because I was sick of Bush, even though I had to vote for him. But he isn’t on the ballot this time, and I’ll be damned if I’ll help let him destroy conservatism. So, KLo, you have another Romney convert.