Where was all the energy for the other candidates who lost? Let’s be fair Romney had some energy around him. You don’t raise $8 mil in a phone-a-thon without some energy.
Even now when you talk to the average GOP there’s no energy for Romney. Why? Different reasons, mostly difficult to articulate— like that you just don’t know what to make of him. He really didn’t start to
(hi, I’m back, I just went to check on the deli roll I’m baking, anyway)
define himself until the day he dropped out of the race. He wasn’t good in the debates, remember? He didn’t connect with the other candidates or the audience. He may be a nice guy and he is a successful guy, but he hasn’t mastered appearing genuine in public.