2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMitt Romney: placeholder
Anyone else getting the feeling that Rmoney is being viewed across the board as a mere placeholder. Esp. Repubs, waiting for their young "deep bench" to grow up!
creon
(1,183 posts)He may be.
Romney did not have actually serious competition for the nomination.
I am not sure how the election will turn out as I live in Texas.
catbyte
(34,542 posts)When an empty chair and an octagenerian actor upstages you on what should be the biggest night in your political life, you know you have problems!
BTW, I just heard on MSNBC that Sarah Palin ran a faster marathon time than Ryan did. ROFLMAO.
Diane
Anishinaabe in MI
Freddie
(9,281 posts)I think better candidates chose not to run this time, preferring to run against a non-incumbent.
God willing, Romney will achieve his goal of getting in the history books--alongside McCain, Dole, Goldwater and Dewey.
cilla4progress
(24,800 posts)Having his "turn" indeed. Now, buy-bye Mitt and Queen Ann!
niyad
(113,941 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They knew early on that they couldn't win this one.