Romney headed the ticket. He was the public face of the Republican Party. Some of us predicted that running a liberal — and face it, we ALL knew he was a liberal — would lead to a ticket with no coattails. And we were right.
Too, the GOP continuing to stack the primary process with states who either don’t vote Republican for President (Iowa) and states generally but not always inclined to moderation (New Hampshire) doesn’t help either.
The goal should be more conservative candidates at all levels, but the top of the ticket is most important.
He was more than liberal. This is just not the right time for super rich Republicans saying ‘elect me because a tax cut for me is good for you too’, especially when the party wants to cut spending. There was no reason to believe that line would go over well outside of some bright red states. That is the irony.
Romney had multiple problems, life isnt as simple as its portrayed on talk radio.
And Romney didnt cause Akin’s probs, he did that to himself.
Also had the problem that in 2011 there were all these other candidates who spent all their time beating up on each other until there were only 2+Romney left.
And you couldn't even get agreement here on who to pick, none of them stood out.
And there were also make believe candidates who had no intention of running. Right there that was a early sign of coming disaster.