Romney made his money the old fashioned way, he earned it.
If he has the money to spend on his own campaign to supplement that of donors, then that makes him a more competitive general election candidate. Especially, as he hasn't exactly been a slouch at getting money from donors as well.
“If he has the money to spend on his own campaign to supplement that of donors, then that makes him a more competitive general election candidate. Especially, as he hasn’t exactly been a slouch at getting money from donors as well.”
That is sterile thinking, if Mitt succeeded in slicking his way through, he would not find a large number of votes on the other side, that is what is being learned in this primary.
Conservative apathy means not only losing the White House, but low turnout would hurt all the way down the ticket.
The primary is to weed out the chafe until we get a vote getting winner, that can turn out the party for the entire ticket during the election.
A man that has to buy a primary, doesn’t have the hard earned, passionate support to motivate the party voters to turn out in eager droves in the election.
A man that cannot get his own party excited will not defeat the darling of the left, our first women President.