Could have been worse, Obie. Had Romney really tried in 2012, he would have won and you would have been retired in Carter style.
Romney WINNING in 2012 would have been essentially much better than losing? America would NEVER have been able to get a Republican-majority Senate in 2014.
The Obamacare debacle assured the resurgence of the Republicans. If a similar Romneycare proposal had been made which would have provided the “fixes” the Obamacare needed, Senate Democrats could have continued in majority until 2016, as Romney would have virtually NO coattails, and the popular revulsion against the government-sponsored health program would have doomed the Republican majority in the House.
Thus paving the way and making it MUCH easier for Herself in 2016.
We dodged a bullet there.
Romney backed off almost as soon as the first debate was over. He no more wanted to win than McCain did. The trouncing he gave Barky was complete and easy. That scared the GOPe and they all vacked off. Remember how Ryan let himself be bullied by Biden. The only one who actually wanted to beat Barky and made the efgort was Sarah.