So many thoughts from this fine piece. Romney would have made an excellent president. From Bain to the Olympics to winning in deep MA, then later deep red UT, he has trailed success. A consummate family man to boot. Yet two notable exceptions: his failure to secure the 2008 nom, and losing the general in 2012. He had two massive weights in addition to the ignorance about Russia. He was an financial consultant after the 2008 mortgage meltdown (a "vulture capitalist" as tagged by Newt Gingrich, and later used by Obama) and his MA Romneycare meant he could not attack Obama on his biggest weakness. And yet, he lost by 4% to a charismatic incumbant. Note that Trump lost to a doddering old man.
I have tried this tweet - still unchallenged. Could Romney have won in 2016, and could he have won in 2020. Even the MAGA folk have left this one alone.
So many thoughts from this fine piece. Romney would have made an excellent president. From Bain to the Olympics to winning in deep MA, then later deep red UT, he has trailed success. A consummate family man to boot. Yet two notable exceptions: his failure to secure the 2008 nom, and losing the general in 2012. He had two massive weights in addition to the ignorance about Russia. He was an financial consultant after the 2008 mortgage meltdown (a "vulture capitalist" as tagged by Newt Gingrich, and later used by Obama) and his MA Romneycare meant he could not attack Obama on his biggest weakness. And yet, he lost by 4% to a charismatic incumbant. Note that Trump lost to a doddering old man.
He was the right man at the wrong time.
I have tried this tweet - still unchallenged. Could Romney have won in 2016, and could he have won in 2020. Even the MAGA folk have left this one alone.