What caused Romney to finally squeal "uncle"?

[toddwv]

41. I think it's some kind of lame trap.

Obama has been MORE than conciliatory to the Republicans and has gotten burned on multiple occasions. Romney's camp is probably hoping that he falls for it again.

So...

If Obama accepts, Romney will honor the agreement... while his attack dog PACs will continue to try and rip Obama to shreds.

If Obama declines, Romney will try and use it to paint him as a hard-core liberal who refuses to run a fair and decent election and Romney's attack dog PACs will try and rip Obama to shreds.

So Romney's "capitulation" smells a bit Rovian if you ask me. I don't think it was Rove's idea though, it lacks a certain... refusal to accept the consequences of showing weakness to an opponent before the main game even starts.