Is Romney swamp? I would guess yes. Cabal? Probably yes, also.

www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/with-mccains-retreat-some-turn-to-romney-to-carry-his-torch/2018/02/15/2ddcb14e-11c3-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html?utm_term=.8657753d6def

"But at times, Romney has sounded like just that (the chief foil to POTUS) — and a defender of Western values, and a deep antagonist of Putin and a free-market globalist."