How Mitt Romney stumbled

Here’s what’s really ironic about Mitt Romney: he should’ve won in 2012. He’s fairly moderate. MassCare was the roadmap for Obamacare. His father has a background supporting civil rights. He comes from a political legacy. He’s not batshit insane like the Tea Party. The economy was down, and people weren’t excited about four more years of Obama. But a few things destroyed him: 1) the Tea Party’s conservative acid test demands 2) The brutal, bruising Republican primary process, drawn out by rich donors like Sheldon Adelson 3) His own party’s horrific and damaging rhetoric around rape and immigration. If an untarnished Romney ran on a sane(r) platform (Republican politics are still stupid) in 2016, he probably would win. But by all means, Republicans, please keep kicking each other in the shins. I prefer my corporate hegemony and expanding state power to at least come with gay marriage.