It’s Romney’s Race to Win, Whatever He Believes: Michael Kinsley

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Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- If Mitt Romney ever becomespresident, it will be because his supporters are convinced thathe’s a liar.

The Republican Party elite isn’t convinced by his attemptsto reinvent himself as a right-wing firebrand. The establishmentRepublicans, business executives and independents who areRomney’s natural constituency believe he is lying when hestrikes a conservative posture on social issues such as abortionand same-sex marriage, and when he engages in fatuousWashington-bashing.