Meet The New Republican Loser, Same As The Old Loser: Mitt Romney

Posted by | October 20, 2014 17:10 | Filed under: Contributors Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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Since polling on the 2016 Republican presidential nomination began, a clump of hopefuls has spent time shifting into and out of the lead, but a new poll shows overwhelming support for a guy no one’s been asking about: Mitt Romney. Despite having lost the 2012 presidential election and dropping out in the 2008 Republican primary, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Romney with a huge lead over the rest of the field. At 21%, Romney leads former Florida Governor Jeb Bush by 10 points. Bush’s 11 percent is tied with “Other/No opinion/Would not vote,” and slightly ahead of Sen. Rand Paul’s 9%. For some reason, Romney’s fellow also-ran Mike Huckabee is also still near the top of the pack.

Romney is busy stumping for congressional candidates in dank underground lairs these days, but his professed reluctance to run again could melt away with a few more poll result like these. Since his defeat in 2012, Romney has managed to win a couple of buyer’s remorse polls, and even though the election is still a long way out, the time is getting short for big Republican donors to line up behind an early favorite. With no other candidates distinguishing themselves, and none of them faring well against the Hillary Clinton buzz saw, a Romney candidacy might not actually be the worst idea in the world for Republicans.

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

22 responses to Meet The New Republican Loser, Same As The Old Loser: Mitt Romney

  1. Obewon October 20th, 2014 at 17:33

    ‘Mitt Romney wasn’t conservative enough that’s why GOP lost in 2012.’ Willard’s GOP autopsy proved repubs lost 5 of the past 6 popular POTUS votes. Keep up the great work!

  2. Obewon October 20th, 2014 at 17:33

    ‘Mitt Romney wasn’t conservative enough that’s why GOP lost in 2012.’ Willard’s GOP autopsy proved repubs lost 5 of the past 6 popular POTUS votes. Keep up the great work!

  3. forpeace October 20th, 2014 at 18:52

    This is so funny!!

    Just few days ago Ann Romeny told L.A. Times:

    “Done.” “Completely. Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done…Done. Done. Done.”

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/mitt-romney-done-done-done-running-president-wife-/

    The entire Romney family are infected with “flip-flop” virus.

    They all got it from Mitt.

    • fahvel October 21st, 2014 at 01:15

      no m’dear, they are done!!!

  4. forpeace October 20th, 2014 at 18:52

    This is so funny!!

    Just few days ago Ann Romeny told L.A. Times:

    “Done.” “Completely. Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done…Done. Done. Done.”
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/mitt-romney-done-done-done-running-president-wife-/

    The entire Romney family are infected with “flip-flop” virus.

    They all got it from Mitt.

    • fahvel October 21st, 2014 at 01:15

      no m’dear, they are done!!!

  5. Tammy Minton Haley October 20th, 2014 at 19:15

    please proceed, Governor…

    • granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:27

      GAWD ALMIGHTY you’re sadistic!
      (gotta love it though – are you related to Nurse Diesel by any chance?).

  6. Tammy Minton Haley October 20th, 2014 at 19:15

    please proceed, Governor…

    • granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:27

      GAWD ALMIGHTY you’re sadistic!
      (gotta love it though – are you related to Nurse Diesel by any chance?).

  7. Larry Schmitt October 20th, 2014 at 19:22

    I can’t figure out what emotion is conveyed by the look on his face in the cover photo. It’s unique.

    • searambler October 20th, 2014 at 20:09

      That’s the face I make when I get a prostate exam…

  8. Larry Schmitt October 20th, 2014 at 19:22

    I can’t figure out what emotion is conveyed by the look on his face in the cover photo. It’s unique.

    • searambler October 20th, 2014 at 20:09

      That’s the face I make when I get a prostate exam…

  9. Boehner-Monkey October 20th, 2014 at 20:11

    Joking aside for a moment, Romney is the perfect victim for Hillary. In 2012, his vast financial resources gave his campaign an overconfidence that was unwarranted. The same 47 percent he alienated with his comments are still the same 47 percent. The Catholics who voted for Obama and against Romney by a margin of 50 to 48 are still there. In other words, Romney comes with a built-in bloc of voters that simply will not vote for him. Clinton could not ask for a better matchup.

    • granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:23

      He’s not even going to be an afternoon snack . Better they should run somebody like Sara. She’s use to a good azz whuppin’ and can still slur read something (halfazz) on her teleprompt.

  10. Boehner Monkey October 20th, 2014 at 20:11

    Joking aside for a moment, Romney is the perfect victim for Hillary. In 2012, the Romney campaign’s vast warchest gave them an unwarranted sense of overconfidence. The same 47 percent he alienated with his comments are still the same 47 percent. The Catholics who voted for Obama and against Romney by a margin of 50 to 48 are still there. In other words, Romney comes with a built-in bloc of voters that simply will not vote for him… AKA a flawed candidate. Clinton could not ask for a better matchup.

    • granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:23

      He’s not even going to be an afternoon snack . Better they should run somebody like Sara. She’s use to a good azz whuppin’ and can still slur read something (halfazz) on her teleprompt.

  11. granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:20

    got a great idea for the Romney camp to kick around about closing the borders. Bring about 500 million Chinese wall builders over. They have an excellent resume of wall building. The last one is over 2000 years old and 13,000 miles long. After 5 years, they could apply for a legal workers N-400 for citizenship, then there’d be about 500 million new voters. (note: if they find out they’re being exploited by abusive corporate CEO’s, they could unionize though).

  12. granpa.usthai October 20th, 2014 at 23:20

    got a great idea for the Romney camp to kick around about closing the borders. Bring about 500 million Chinese wall builders over. They have an excellent resume of wall building. The last one is over 2000 years old and 13,000 miles long. After 5 years, they could apply for a legal workers N-400 for citizenship, then there’d be about 500 million new voters. (note: if they find out they’re being exploited by abusive corporate CEO’s, they could unionize though).

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