Mitt Romney seems to be getting it from all sides in the GOP. First, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin's supporters trashed him as a wuss after he took what they saw as a cheap shot at Palin for being picked an "influential" American:

Was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people?

Mitt maintains it wasn't a swipe and if you watch the segment, it's obviously a self-depreciating quip that bombed.

But Rush Limbaugh, de facto head of the GOP, stirred the pot, saying Romney and other would-be Republican leaders, “despise Sarah Palin."

They fear Sarah Palin. According to them, she’s embarrassing.

Now, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, from the more moderate arm of the GOP, is reopening old wounds by calling Romney a flip-flopping Mormon (I'm not sure which charge is more damaging among the GOP base):

Remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life. It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitt because they thought he was back and forth and waffling . . .

A Romney spokesman's reaction to Steele's comment was, "Sometimes when you shoot from the hip, you miss the target. This is one of those times."

That's an fair statement, considering Romney's from-the-hip comment on Palin.