Yep. Most potential swing voters already believe by default the GOP is the party of the rich and has been for decades. We need to try extra hard to work against that stereotype by nominating someone who can relate to the common man. Why do you think Bush Jr. won? Instead the elite establishment blue bloods showed their absolute blindness to how the party is perceived by people in flyover country by nominating the poster boy for wealthy, connected, corporate, high finance businessmen, who the working class considers a natural enemy. They look for politicians to defend them against the abuses of people like Romney and would never elect one of them.
There’s also the weakness of his campaign to point to. Obama made the argument that not only Bush’s but even Reagan’s policies, going back 30 years, were responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. Romney never once argued against that. He just changed the subject. Which makes you think he agreed with Obama on that. Not a shock since he railed against “Reagan/Bush” himself in the ‘90s.
Forget Romney's political baggage. Why the hell would any political party nominate a presidential candidate who didn't even have a chance in Hades of carrying his own state? Romney's Election Night campaign headquarters was in Boston, folks. ROFL!