The biggest benefit is mid-terms. The party of the sitting president loses congressional seats in the mid-terms. So if Obie is still in come 2014 the reps gain seats (hopefully conservatives), and 2016 is almost a definite rep win (and hopefully we don’t put together a third atrocious set of candidates). If we get a RINO in the white house the dems gain seats in 2014, and the RINO won’t be opposed in the primaries so we’re stuck with him or a dem in 2016, and if he wins again the dems gain MORE seats in 2018.
If your party’s presidential candidate sucks losing is actually better than winning.
Also if Romney wins, that means it will be tough to remove him as the nominee in 2016......I’m hoping Scott Walker, once he easily defeats the recall bid, will be on his way to the 2016 Nomination.
Well said.