Hate to break it to you but Romney would have back-benched the conservative movement whereas Obama unites and strengthens it by providing a target-rich environment.
It’s called the give and sway of the electorate of independents that decides the elections. Just look at the South once a bastion of Democrat politics now a swamp to the progressive minded.
To win a war one must first defeat the opposition within before focusing on the enemy outside. The US Army Brass during WWII spent more time fighting each other politically in the first two years of that war than they did focusing on the enemy. Same thing under Lincoln with the Army of the Potomac under McClellan.
And of course the same pattern with Rockefeller Republicans against Ronald Reagan.
History repeats.
Romney, Rove, Bush Family, etc. need to step aside....soon they will have no choice.
Romney would have back-benched the conservative movement whereas Obama unites and strengthens it by providing a target-rich environment.
...I see...so it’s smart politics to run a sure loser so if your opponent happens to be a goofball, you can score a few points...ok...I’m certain that every person in the country who voted Romney had exactly that calculus in mind...
It’s called the give and sway of the electorate of independents that decides the elections.
...is that not treasonous talk here on FR? Hasn’t none other than Rush Limbaugh himself condemned the chasing of independent voters as vacuous and self defeating? Not saying your comment is untrue...just that it is a curiosity here in FR land...
Just look at the South once a bastion of Democrat politics now a swamp to the progressive minded.
...the South didn’t give and sway all that much...they voted as a block because of the long history of Democrat segregation...in the ‘60’s the Dem party policy plank changed, and became anathema to the Southern voter, and Pubs win by default...