Romney prevailing over seemingly less electable candidates. Romney was unelectable. Liberal republicans are unelectable as president. History shows that clearly.
Supporting liberal republican candidates for the presidency just makes the GOP run more liberal candidates.
It's time for all liberal republicans to be politically destroyed, and for them to never win again, in the primary or the general, until running as a liberal republican is seen as a kiss of death for a political career.
/johnny
Romney was unelectable.
... Romney is electable now, very much so and perhaps the only person along with Scott Walker who could handily beat Hillary.
Romney is a Rino, but both Bushes were kinda Rino’ish. I didn’t want Romney in 2012 as like you I thought him unelectable. But I believed GWB honesty and sincerity and still do.
For 2016 I’m looking for a Romney/Walker ticket. Romney automaticaly gets the ‘oh okay, we should have voted for you last time’ vote. Which is looking quite substantial.
Barone has a blind spot when it comes to the rapidly changing demographics of this country fueled by immigration, legal and illegal, and minority birthrates.
In 1970, one in 21 in this country was foreign born; today it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years, and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. In 1970 we had 9.7 million foreign born and today it is close to 45 million.
By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities, as defined by the USG. By 2043 we will be a majority minority country. Immigrants and minorities vote more than two to one Democrat.
In 2012 Romney won the white vote 59% to 39%. He won the white women's vote 56% to 42%. He won the white vote across all age groups. Obama won the black vote with 95%, Asians 73%, and Hispanics 71%. We have entered the era of tribal politics where issues are no longer as important as political affiliation. The GOP is on a failed course of trying to play identity politics. They would be better served going after a bigger share of the white blue collar vote. Unfortunately, the GOPe would rather side with corporate interests than American workers.
