I'd have to agree. He was curiously disengaged during the whole process, given that he had 6 years to prepare (after his stint as MA governor). Where was Romney's grassroots support during the primaries, given the amount of time and money he had to throw at it, while other candidates were struggling to pay their mortgages and other bills? Reagan and GWB were no rocket scientists, but they knew intimately what they needed to do to win. Romney seems to have treated this as a hobby rather than as an all-consuming effort. The guy said and did things no one of his raw intelligence should have, unless he wasn't prepared. And that's a pity. If his past record is any guide, he would have been a great manager if he had become president.
I have to wonder if the typical contempt businessmen have for politics and the intelligence of the average politician shaped his whole lackadaisical approach. That was his mistake. Politicians might not be good at designing bridges or running businesses, but they do understand a thing or two about winning elections.
Obama dismal and catastrophic foreign policy was at most only tangential to the whole campaign, Hardly any ads were played about the Rats booing God or Obama’s commitment to gay marriage. These were considered not-PC and were left out. This is now the price we pay.
Your post shows a real understanding of Mitt’s psychology. He did not belong in politics. He did not have an emotionl, or intutive feel for it. Great businessman, but he has no grasp of just how vile modern leftism is....and it chewed him up.
Romney has had everything handed to him in life. That sort of privileged background doesn’t often produce a fighter.