“Because the alternatives were even worse. In January 2012 we had no great choices. There’s no reason to believe that the only two viable conservative candidates that survived Iowa and New Hampshire, Gingrich and Santorum, would have done any better than Romney and many reasons to believe they would have done worse.”
Again, if someone had come to you in February and told you that Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain - would you have believed him?
The analysis you are basing this assumption on - was 100 percent false. We were told that Romney was electable. All the FReepers hollering that Romney would be a disaster - they were right.
So, I have to take that as evidence that what they saw in Romney way back then - that they were right and the folks telling us that Romney was electable were wrong.
As for Newt - Santorum kicked his ass in the primaries. ‘Nuff said.
As for Santorum - Romney kicked his butt in the primaries.
'Nuff said!
The analysis you are basing this assumption on - was 100 percent false. We were told that Romney was electable. All the FReepers hollering that Romney would be a disaster - they were right.
Santorum couldn't win reelection in his own state, why do you assume he would have done better than Romney? Oh, and Romney got more electoral votes than McCain.