Mitt “Severely Conservative” Romney is a good example of the acceptable type Republican to Democrats and/or the big news outlets - the failure theater squish surrender wing, who will dependably roll over and apologize profusely for something he didn’t do. A straw man as it were. This, we are told, have long been admonished is necessary to placate “independent voters”.
Combination Designated Loser slash Piñata Candidate, it of course does absolutely no good, they will still call him a Nazi, or Worse Than Hitler(tm). Showing weakness and folding only emboldens them.
In the off chance that he would have actually won in 2012 despite his best efforts, he could have been relied upon to advance the leftist narrative, the multi-act production of the Aristocrats, albeit at a (slightly) slower pace. In that sense they don’t care who wins, because there never was a real choice. Total scam on the American public and has been going on for decades. “Here - pick one!” And the choices are Bush/Clinton yet again, like Rocky 3. Anyone paying attention has seen this movie before many times.
Like him or not, This Is Why You Got Trump.
Donny Two-Scoops don’t play that shit. Romney dislikes him for the unpardonable sin of a politician of actually following through on his campaign promises. I instinctively knew the Republicans would try to poison the well, simply because Mr. Trump would expose them for worthless SOBs they are.
Until he runs in the General, then he becomes "Hitler".