My preference would have been Gingrich, but his woman issues would likely have sunk him too. The current R problem is that we will not settle for less than a perfect person, and Jesus did not run in the 2012 Republican primary, and I don’t expect Him to be running in 2016 either.
Perfection wasn’t my issue. My issue was Romney’s timidity.
He did not fight. As you say, he had some pluses, but if you don’t fight, then you will lose that round. You might have the best jab in the game, but if you don’t use it, then you might was well not have it.
Romney would have had no problem pushing Benghazi. He was pro-strong military.
But he backed away from Benghazi hoping to run out the clock based on the strength of his first debate performance.