The powers that be put McCain and Romney forward as token candidates to lose to Obama. During the election campaign it was clear neither was pursuing victory aggressively. When McCain was ahead he “suspended” his campaign and made a fool of himself going to Washington during the financial crisis. No one trying to win an election would have behaved in this way. In addition, at every opportunity McCain told the electorate that his opponent would be a good president. He refused to attack his opponent on Obama’s obvious flaws and left wing associations.
Likewise Romney made no effort to enlist the conservative base of the party for their votes or to make use of their numbers to get out the vote on election day. Despite positioning himself as an astute business leader, he pinned his election day get out the vote on an unproven and untested computer system which failed miserably the first time it was tried. No CEO worth his salt would ever bet the company on an untried computer system. Like McCain he refused to go on the attack. When Obama and Candy Crowley ganged up on him during a debate when he was trying to make an important point, he folded like a wilted flower instead of calling them out. Like McCain, Romney played to lose.
It appears Jeb is preparing to serve his masters by playing the fall guy for Hillary. Any political poll taker, and anyone with any common sense, knows the Bush name is radioactive with the electorate. Jeb will be a punching bag if he runs against Hillary, O’Malley, Cuomo, Biden, or Deval Patrick. They will define him as the reincarnation of George W. Bush.
The Bush family political advisor Karl Rove certainly knows from polling there are not enough Hispanic voters who will vote for Jeb over any Democrat to make up for the conservative base sitting at home. The fact Jeb is already kicking the base in the eye tells me he knows he will lose if he runs. The question then is, if you know you will lose, why would you run? Certainly McCain and Romney know the answer to the question.
The worse thing the Bush’s did, IMO, was to “rehabilitate” Bill Clinton.
What morons.
As opposed to all the other token candidates who put themselves forward to lose to Obama?
When Obama and Candy Crowley ganged up on him during a debate when he was trying to make an important point, he folded like a wilted flower instead of calling them out.
I wouldn't want to be in Romney's situation in that debate, would you? Attack the moderator and you lose more votes than you win. Even if the moderator's biased against you, the word gets out that you've lost your cool and the media piles on.