Whether the McCain campaign started the whisper campaign that “nobody likes Romney” is irrelevant; they were surely thrilled when the mainstream media ran with it. Yet the old guard will ensure that John McCain never reaches the Oval Office.

Mitt Romney would turn political Washington on its head, the doors to power would get slammed in the faces of perhaps thousands of long-entrenched deal makers and lobbyists.

That is why so many moderates Republicans, a few conservatives, and a stream of liberal pundits are jumping on John McCain’s bandwagon. McCain cannot win, they know it, and they will merely have to go on dealing with him as one of 100 Senators; the keys to the kingdom will remain in their hands.

With McCain as the GOP nominee, the old guard will feed the mainstream media just enough damaging information to keep him from moving up the street. It will be untraceable to the Obama or Clinton campaigns (for it will not come from them) and the media will lap it up.

Yet if John McCain flies off the handle and angrily goes after the old guard himself, the public will finally see what insiders have seen for more than two decades. The real John McCain is vindictive, condescending, confrontational, politically disloyal, and rude.

Swing voters will get turned off, the far-left would never vote for him, liberals already have Obama or Clinton, and conservative voters were already planning to stay home in November.

Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will become the next President of the United States yet the status quo will be maintained, either way. The old lions (picture a proud Grandpa Ted) will wheel Barack around the Washington Mall in a Presidential baby stroller and the Clintons come politically pre-packed, like just off a Wal Mart shelf.

If you really, truly want change in Washington, then vote for Mitt Romney in your primary and in November. It is time to show the old guard the door and ensure that they close it on their way out.