The weird thing about Romney’s “political career” is that he only won one election and he was drummed out of office with a totally failed, 34% approval rating and a Democrat replacement. That’s all he has to show for 17 years of campaigning and vast fortunes spent, yet he is portrayed as having a successful political background by the media.
That’s all he has to show for 17 years of campaigning and vast fortunes spent, yet he is portrayed as having a successful political background by the media.
Mitt's a good fit for the media. All they care about is packaging. He's as empty as Obama is, but with Republican branding. They're not smart enough to care about what a politician actually stands for, or intends to do once in office - they only care about the glorious horse race getting there.
Let's also not forget that Mitt came from a privileged background, and followed his famous father into politics. He's a "made man", in so many words, and is as wishy-washy as he is because he's beholden to those who made him. Whatever core principles he may have once held have long ago been burned from his heart. He's just another "good ole boy" politician now, and not a very good one at that.
In contrast, when Sarah Palin left her governorship she had broken a 30 year deadlock on development of massive natural gas finds in her state, forced a re-writing of the financial contract between the oil companies and the Alaskan people, exposed corruption throughout Alaskan government (which resulted in scores of convictions), slashed the state budget by billions of dollars, and helped her state to secure an honest budget surplus.
Sarah Palin left her state in much, much better shape, than when she arrived on the job. Mitt can't even pretend to compete with Sarah's record of accomplishment as a governor.
Honestly, I don't even know why Mitt's running again, with Sarah Palin in the mix. He couldn't even beat McCain in the last primary. What makes him think he can even come close to beating Sarah?
Excellent point worth repeating.