Should Mitt Romney lose on Tuesday he's going to need some argument why his strategy for becoming nominee is not swirling down the toilet of oblivion. So I've been trying to work on some excuses for Mitt. And I think I've got his best angle.

If you look at the just out USAToday/Gallup, while McCain is up by 4 points, he's actually only tied with Mitt among registered Republicans. Zogby says Mitt's actually leading among Republicans by a substantial margin. And the Suffolk poll shows the same thing.

If memory serves, after McCain defeated Bush in New Hampshire in 2000, this was precisely the argument he made -- that the Republican nomination should be decided by Republicans. So there may be spin hope for Mitt yet!

Mittmentum!!!