How is this possibly going to help Romney?
He now guarantees his loser status for ever more.
In that balance sheet he runs in his mind, a little bit of the spite that Mitt Romney has for President Donald J. Trump has just been assuaged. But out here in the real world, Romney did himself no favors, and has burned the brand of shame just a little deeper on his forehead, a mark that shall not go away.
At one time, Mitt Romney, running against Ted Kennedy for Senator from Massachusetts, was taking positions to the LEFT of Ted, a hard position to maintain. Got beat anyway.