Loved the article CEW! I think FR will too.
Any GOP candidate who cannot summon a more spirited opposition to the thing we have had in the White House for the past few years than Mitt did in '12 must simply have too much in common with him.
Mitt is a great guy-!
He should run-
with John McCain as his running mate!
highlight how Mitt-Care is better than O,bummercare
last - how great his religion is
sarc
I think the electorate by and large have the misguided view that the abomination in the WH is well-meaning but woefully incompetent. They will be looking for competence more than anything else and the conventional wisdom is that Romney possesses competence in spades.
The Mittster would probably be a fine president, but the unfortunate part is he doesn’t have the killer instinct the next candidate needs.
Good article. My personal favorites are Benghazi and campaign strategy. They are intimately related, because I assume someone sat around a table and discussed avoiding Benghazi. While I loved the “big Candy” moniker, I’m still amazed that the campaign didn’t go after that moderator intervention for the administration. First, Gingrich would have been savvy enough to have done so immediately and devastatingly as only Gingrich knows how. Second, Benghazi was hot in conservative minds. Third, Benghazi was ANOTHER in an already growing list of Obama Lies.
My point 11, if I could have added it would be: Don’t Piss Off Social Conservatives. Why? They’re a strange breed, and like it or not, they WILL stay home. And he didn’t gain a darn thing for that bad strategic move.
Great article, you nailed it.
No, he isn't.
With the present epicemic/pandemic outlook, Mitt does NOT have the experience, the tough guy guts, or the delivery persona needed.
Patton might be close to the persona necessary to be raised by the Republicans!