In April of 2005 Romney’s approval rating was 43%, Romney’s approval ratings were telling him the story, the polls matching him against opponents were telling him the same story, the man could not get reelected, by December 2005 he gave up the notion that he could get reelected and formally said that he would not seek it.
Mitt Romney left office disgraced and with 34% approval. In the Presidential primaries, Romney had it all, the money, the organization, the dedicated base, but he could not make people like him or trust him.
Presently Romney’s numbers among Republicans are plummeting and for no evident reason, yet it is the story of his political life as he approaches 17 years of constant running for office with little to show for it.
You're not from Massachusetts, are you? You don't know how people think here. Half the state would have voted for a dog or a donkey if it ran under the Democratic label. Which is pretty much what they did the last time.
But why "disgraced"? Bush left office with a 22% approval rating. Was he disgraced? Harry Truman's final approval rating was also 22% or 23%. He has people who think he was right and a great president. Depending on who you talk to Cheney left office with 29% or 13% approval. Disgraced?