Posted on 05/03/2013 2:36:46 PM PDT by jdirt
Yes. You could have substituted McCain for Romney with the same results. Big money controls the GOP in national candidates and easily triumphs over regional candidates. GOP has no one with the wide appeal of Reagan both nationally and across party lines. The GOP still needs the working family Reagan Democrats to win.
Yes? Romney was unlike anything we have ever seen from the republican party, he was uniquely unsuited for becoming it’s nominee, and in fact has never belonged in republican politics.
Romney’s candidacy has threatened the future of the GOP.
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