Right Wing Blogosphere Revolts Against Romney Over Mandate #p2 #tcot

ThinkProgress noted that the GOP leadership can't seem to make up its mind about whether the individual mandate is a tax (as the Supreme Court says) or not (as lead Romney campaign adviser Eric Fehrnstrom suggested). While the leadership dithers, the base's backlash against Romney putting down the "it's a tax" club builds.

In National Review, Michael Walsh writes a post entitled "Spineless Jellyfish Terrorize Great Nation!"

Nothing like getting Election 2012 off-message from the start, and running up the white flag before the fight has even begun. Shades of the McCain campaign — first, starring in the Steve Schmidtrole is Mr. Etch-a-Sketch himself, the ineffable Eric Fehrnstrom.

Breitbart heir Joel Pollak threatens the campaign with an out-and-out revolt:

The Tea Party has been ready to rally to Romney's side over the Obamacare decision, overlooking his past in order to use him as the vehicle for repealing Obamacare and toppling Obama. But if Romney won't fight for conservative principles, the Tea Party is going to start looking elsewhere–fast. No one wants to live through the frustration of October 2008 all over again. No one wants to watch another conservative capitulate to Obama.

This ain't Etch-A-Sketch, Mitt. Go hard or go home.

rest at 

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510802/right-wing-blogosphere-revolts-against-romney-over-mandate/