Maybe he read Nixon’s biography?
Nixon had a very successful political career. after he left WWII as a lieutenant commander, he came a two time congressman, and then a Senator, and then a two time vice-president.
Romney has won a single election in his more than 20 year career, and he served that single term as a failure and had to give up his goal of reelection, leaving office with 34% approval and turning the seat over to the democrats.
Romney has continued to fail politically ever since.
To this day, no one knows what Mitt Romney’s reason is for being involved in political campaigning.