None of this is to say that Romney doesn't have many weaknesses as a general election candidate.
For these and many other reasons, he's been a weak frontrunner throughout the primary season, and he'll carry all those weaknesses into the general election contest.
Trump's shifting views on the pledge and his weaknesses as a general election candidate notwithstanding, at least one anti-Trump Republican is willing to cut Priebus and the RNC some slack.
His latest defeats, along with a palpable dearth of enthusiasm surrounding his campaign, have highlighted several potential weaknesses for him as a general election candidate.
However, passage would require cooperation from the opposition, which has seized on Mr. Kan's weakness as a chance to push a general election and possibly regain power.
The LDP's overall weakness and the imminent approach of the general election, which is expected to take place in early November, will naturally pull it closer to the political centre, muting any of the cabinet's more extreme tendencies.
But this time Mr Netanyahu is unlikely to relent before the general election on March 17th, lest his right-wing foes accuse him of weakness.
But the first part of the presidential race isn't a general election, and it is fundamental politics to attack your opponents' strengths and weaknesses.
What is more, Mr Romney's weakness with ardent Republicans should not be such an issue in general election.
This is a reassuring stance but one with three weaknesses: Labour needs to win an overall majority at the 2015 general election – it cannot rely on a possible coalition with the Liberal Democrats to deliver on these pledges.
