Too right-wing, horribly VP choice, got pigeonholed and defined too early, got hammered by the diverse riding demographic trends,appealed to a narrow homogenous base that is declining and dying off.
Romney is too right-wing? Sure he was a horrible candidate, but I don't think being too right wing was his problem.
I do he went too Far right on a number of issues immigration, taxes, Ryan budget, abortion, Russia, entitlements, gay marriage etc. He never stood up to the right flank in his party he cowed to him. He could've ran as a moderately conservative republican i.e like George W did in 2000 instead he ran too far right.
I agree. The GOP primary process pushed him way over to the right. He was running for president, for Pete's sake. He couldn't be hiring illegals.
Mitt was just a sacrificial lamb in my opinion, no GOP nominee was going to beat Obama in 2012 especially not with that clown car they had against him.
Ex-presidents & possible future presidents can pick up >$200K per speech, without worrying whether the money could save jobs: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/6/bill-clinton-cashes-in-on-nonprofit-hospital/?page=1
i by no means wish to defend clinton for this, but there's worse. a majority of these appearances are royally bought-and-paid-for endorsements of oil companies, defense contractors, water service multinationals... in this as in so many other things that changed statesmanship forever, and for much the worse, the trailblazers were ronald reagan and margaret thatcher. the finest democracy money could buy.
I was going to say that Reagan was paid [Dr. Evil]One Million Dollars [/Dr. Evil] for a speech a year or so after he left office. $200 grand for Clinton will barely buy him a new box of cigars.
2ooK or a milyun, the real difference is that clinton is being paid to try to support hospitals, not close them.