Insiders Explain How Mitt Romney's Campaign Completely Fell Apart On Election Day

[Rob H.]

41. He couldn't connect with people because when it comes right down to it,

he didn't really stand for anything. He'd say something one day, and then say the exact opposite the next if he thought it might help him win. He always struck me as a breathtakingly dishonest man with no real principles other than, "I'll tell people what they want to hear when I'm in front of them, then walk away from what I said later if doing so benefits me or my party in some way." Hell, there was one occasion where he said something non-right-wingnut about a woman's right to choose (iirc) and his people were in front of the press trying to retract it two hours later because it wasn't the GOP party line.

There were a lot of people who voted for Romney, no question, but I'm just glad Romney himself never seemed to realize that most people, if they're honest with themselves, don't want a lying snake oil salesman/bully running things. (Did the GOP really believe we all forgot about what a disaster Dubya's presidency was? Seriously?)