there's no such thing as coronation in politics. it's not easy to get the nomination. it's not easy to be elected president. this is a testing approach. so far, we're doing pretty well. >> welcome back to "hardball." that's what the guy who is losing looks like. a coronation it most certainly is not for mitt romney. if anything, the gop race is more in the state of flux following rick santorum's wins two nights ago. more concerning for the former massachusetts governor are the republican intelligencia worries about his candidacy. "the wall street journal" editorial today reads in part, "conservatives don't trust mr. romney in part because he gives them little reason to do so. he seems to retreat at the first sound of a liberal moral argument. this means he'd play defense against president obama who is distilling his campaign to a moral defense of taxing the rich and government redistributive justice.