Just what does the GOP do when they fully realize they're saddled with a loser? Possibilities????

Remember, they just went through this four years ago with McCain.

I can imagine several possibilities if they find themselves in such a position (or even worse position) again. Anything from:

1. Taking the loss and preparing for 2016 (while trying to inoculate as many national and statewide GOP candidates as they can).

2. Cheating in the election (from purging voters to rigging electronic voting machines).

3. Asking Romney to pledge his primary delegates to a better candidate. (Who?)

And I can imagine some even darker possibilities, but if Romney's handling of his returns is ham-fisted (or if the returns themselves are incredible damaging, as recently speculated) I'm guessing it will be #3.

On edit: I just realized that this is what Sarah Palin may be waiting for. As McCain's VP candidate she may have heard about the trouble with Romney as a possible VP candidate (something like: his tax returns ruled him out."), and is waiting for the issue of the returns to blow up in his face, then step in with her energized base, and . . . (Geez!) I don't know if it's possible, but it's very possible that she is thinking along such lines.