re: Romney 2016 Rumors?

Romney doesn't deserve a shot not because he wouldn't be a good president. He probably would be even though I think his positions are more fiscally liberal than I would prefer. The reason most people on the poliboard are for discarding him is due to what an awful campaigner he was. He really was clueless as to how he so effectively turned off votors at every turn, came across as weak against Obama (which is hard to do), came across as elitest, stuffy, and uncandid. Whether he really is any of these things matters little compared to the perception of him in the public's mind. His campaign did an awful job at attacking Obama on his weaknesses, building up Romney's strengths, assuring his base about his conservative credentials, and selling conservative principles to single women, young adults, and independents.

Being right is not enough, otherwise Ron Paul would have been president long ago. You have to have a great message and a talent at communicating that message and making it resonate with people while selling yourself as the right person to enact those ideas. Romney had some good ideas and keen insights, but he failed at communicating that message. He failed at selling himself as the man to turn that message into policy. He failed as a candidate. Hopefully, there is another who will succeed in those categories.