Why is that so hard to believe? Romney is a brilliant businessman by all accounts, but he only had one bright moment in his whole campaign and his advisers shut him down after that. It is hard to coherently argue against facts. The facts say that Romney is a brilliant businessman and a dunce candidate for president.
Brilliant people do stupid stuff all the time, especially when they get outside of what they do best.
Was Romney the wrong candidate? Absolutely -- that is part of the reason why he hired the idiots. If you aren't going to campaign on your ideals your victory is hollow anyway. If you don't have any ideals it is all about you anyway and no one needs that.
Well, for one thing, it wasn’t his first rodeo. He has been both a Gov and a once previous presidential candidate.
Sorry. Anyone at that level does not hire idiots. The people funding them do not allow it.