I concur. I hated the idea of Romney as the nominee, but the more I saw of Romney the more I liked and thought he could have been a great president. He ran as good of campaign as possible. Could he have done things better? Maybe around the margins, but on balance it was not Romney’s fault.
I pu the blame on the corrupt MSM. Had they not eagerly and consistently tipped the scales in Obama’s favor Romney would have won - easily.
Message and strategy for the last three months, but that’s mostly campaign team. Romney performed extraordinarily well in the final 30 days. I gained a lot of respect.
I agree. I said many times before the primaries that I would never vote for him. But once it was settled, I have to say he grew on me. I also think he would have been a good president.
The left didn't attack him for being too moderate, they attacked him for being too much like us.
I put the blame on the corrupt MSM. Had they not eagerly and consistently tipped the scales in Obama’s favor Romney would have won - easily.
I agree. He lost in part due to an openly corrupt media, because possibly some voters decided to sit it out, because of some voter fraud I'm convinced, and because almost half of America (arguably more than half) want to believe what the Left is peddling.
I think Romney is a likeable guy, from my perspective. I ultimately had no problem voting for him. However, he certainly didn’t inspire people in a way that got them fired up and excited. If he had, we would not have lost 3 million voters from 2008.
The problem with Romney was that on nearly every major issue that could have been a wedge that Republicans could drive between the Democrats and Independents, it was almost impossible to argue with a straight face that Romney was markedly different than Obama. Obamacare was chief among those issues, but the same thing applied for gun control, tax reform, education policy, judicial appointments, etc. There was always something there in the background that was a black eye for Mitt. Sure, Romney has publicly claimed to change over the years, and maybe many conservatives were willing to take a chance on him, but Independents (in my opinion) saw that as dishonesty on his part. I also think that the Bain Capital attacks were extremely destructive. In my opinion, Romney should have spent most of his advertising dollars on positive message ads with him talking directly to the camera explaining the truth about Bain, the truth about his taxes, the truth about his plans, etc. Because he didn’t do that, he gave the impression that a lot of that stuff might be true (and maybe a lot of it was). I think that most of the independent voters ultimately would rather dance with the devil they know than the one they have questions about, and that’s why I think Obama won.
I know that this is unpopular among some here, but I truly think that if Sarah Palin had run, we’d be celebrating today. She had baggage, sure, but she would have made a forceful case from the beginning of the primaries right through election day, and there could not be a candidate who could draw a sharper contrast with Obama on key issues. I know one thing - I’d rather have climbed that hill with her leading the way and lost than than to have had things end up the way they did.
I wish Romney well. He’s a fine man and I admire his love of his country. Don’t get me started on that fat slob Chris Christie.
Yes, you can blame the media, but that is pointless. Any candidate we could nominate has to get around the media to win. So, any candidate who can’t do that is not a good candidate for us to run, since they can’t do the bare minimum it would take to win.