[Young Scholar]

It's not baggage, it's a compelling reason for someone concerned about ethics to vote for him. It would be virtually impossible to find a way to blame Romney for any of that corruption, while it's not hard to make the case he cleaned it up.

[Southack]

Politics doesn't work that way. You're spouting idealisms. But "explaining" your past won't win elections.

You couldn't convince 20 random people in a supermarket that Nixon had no motive to bug the Watergate hotel.

Likewise, you won't be able to get past the news media's blasting of Romney for his SLC Olympic bribery scandal. A campaign manager would have to spend the entire campaign on the defensive, "explaining" why Romney was the good guy...and fewer than 15% would pay enough attention to even understand...with fewer still being swayed by your pleas and "explanations."

[Obilisk18]

"It's not baggage, it's a compelling reason for someone concerned about ethics to vote for him. It would be virtually impossible to find a way to blame Romney for any of that corruption, while it's not hard to make the case he cleaned it up."

Indeed, Romney wasn't anywhere NEAR the Olympics during that scandal. He was not affiliated with the Olypmics in any way whatsoever. He was out running Bain Capital, his wildly successful business firm.