Yesterday I noted that every other major Republican candidate had an incentive to attack Romney. What I didn’t mention was that Romney has an incentive, unlike anyone else in the field, to attack each of the other major candidates. But if all of the candidates follow their incentives, Romney will end up being the most negative-sounding–and could pay a price.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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