Romney may have received a polite standing ovation for showing up. But he never won the black vote. That NAACP ovation was hollow and meaningless. I am willing to bet as 2016 nominee Rand will receive 100% more black votes than nominee Romney received in 2012.
Ditto with youth vote.
Ditto with Hispanic votes.
Romney is a great businessman, but not an astute politician.
Like I have posted before I would love to see Cruz or Palin elected president. But they will be vilified mercilessly by MSM. Because the left is genuinely afraid of them. I don’t think Palin has shown any signs she will run in 2016. Cruz is a distant maybe. But if he runs and wins the nomination, I will support him. But my brain tells me he will not win many crossover votes ala Reagan and lose in general to Hillary.
Right now I see Rand Paul winning the most crossover votes.
Right now Paul is declaring war on the conservative base, once one becomes a liberal and anti-conservative, we don’t want them to win do we?
Why would we prefer a candidate who is running against us, long before the campaign even starts?