[sickoflibs]

The GOP offered a pretty weak group of candidates in 2012, and not surprisingly Romney was a dud.

Being the nominee of a party whose #1 issue was repeal Obama-care who was the inventor of it at the state level was a disaster.

Romney was left with the Rush-ism :”When rich guys like us get tax cuts they you all are better off”

And BTW : ‘most of you are moochers who will never vote for me either way’

[Dogbert41]

Gingrich wasn’t a dud, but the way it worked with a crowded field, Romney got the majority. Just like Morsi in Egypt. While Obama didn’t even have a primary.

[Wallace T.]

In the primaries, there were just too many conservatives competing for the same voter pool: Santorum, Gingrich, Bachmann, Cain, Perry (and I'm sure I'm forgetting others). Ditto for 2008. That is why we got McCain and Romney and two losses in a row.

Watch out, South Carolina voters. If there are two or more conservative contenders in the race against Lindsay Graham, the incumbent will win the GOP primary.

[ari-freedom]

“Romney was left with the Rush-ism :”When rich guys like us get tax cuts they you all are better off””

Well, at least that means he’s not that liberal. Not helpful but not exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from a committed Marxist.