[VanDeKoik]

Wow, OK.

Romney was not a bad candidate. Certainly the most inspiring one we have had since Reagan. He was the right man for these times, but the public didn’t put 2 and 2 together. That is not his fault, that is the result of a society that has failed ourselves.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Romney was a bad candidate.

He was yet another Ford, Dole, George “read my lips” Bush, McLame candidate.

From GHWB/Sununu we got a horrible SCOTUS Justice. And Romney picked Sununu as a co-chair to his campaign?

Nuff said.

[MeOnTheBeach]

but the public didn’t put 2 and 2 together.

I agree. I'm not going to heap criticism on Mitt Romney because other people chose not to vote for him.

That's not his fault. He fought hard and right up the last minute. And I give credit where credit is due.

[fwdude]

Romney was not a bad candidate. Certainly the most inspiring one we have had since Reagan.

I hope you're joking.

Romney was about as inspiring as burnt toast dipped in a soft boiled egg. Unsalted.

[9YearLurker]

You’ve got to be kidding!

He was so uber-cautious that he didn’t make many verbal gaffes, but he was a big-government technocrat whose idea of repealing Obamacare was to replace it with 50 Romneycares—small difference, all leading to the same nationalized result over time—and who was tripping all over himself to avoid Benghazi and instead praise Obama’s foreign policy through his entire third debate.

He praised the VAT as a possible route for the country, and really was ultimately conservative about nothing except for his right to have made gobs of money via Bain Capital.