People here have forgotten how Romney was in the primary. He torpedoed Newt and later, Santorum, with negative ads. With Newt, Romney claimed that he hadn’t seen an anti-Newt ad before reciting it verbatim. He flat-out lied about the ad and gave the old “if you can’t stand the heat” response to Newt.
Romney was a flawed candidate, but many of us overlooked his flaws to try and stop Obama. The fact is, Romney had no core conservative convictions and lost. He was McCain with better hair and no military record.
A lot of flaws were overlooked, Romney’s, as well as newt and Rick Perry, attacking Romney for being a vulture capitalist, when Romneycare was a more legitimate target.