Washington Post: A detached Romney tends wounds in seclusion after failed White House bid

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

21. You know something?

I am getting sick of hearing about how much of a rough time this has been for Romney and how "depressed" he is. First of all, compared to millions of people here in this country, his problems PALE IN COMPARISON. He is healthy, wealthy, has beautiful homes, and a beautiful family that loves him. Does he have to worry about paying the bills? NO! His wife has MS, but is she as bad as many who have the terrible disease? Thankfully - NO. He is 65 - Does HE have to worry about whether he can retire or whether he needs to pick up part time work? NO!

You want to know what a "rough time" is? When you're President of the United States in 2009, the country is losing 800,000 jobs per month, and we are looking at entering a second Great Depression, as thousands are involved in two wars overseas. And you handle all of these challenges with style and grace.

THAT is a "rough time". NOT losing an election that you were destined to lose all along if you listened to all of the mainstream pollsters instead of retreating into denial. EVEN WHEN your "internal polls" (which had you winning in a landslide on election day), had you losing the election all throughout the process until several weeks before election day. EVEN BY THOSE NUMBERS - that shows that it wasn't like the campaign thought all along that they had this election in the bag!

Is it a disappointment for Romney? Yes. Just like it was for our guys in 2000 and 2004. And the results of those elections were MUCH closer than 2012. But we didn't see our guys slip into seclusion. It has been almost a month - it is time for Mitt to start acting like a man and deal with it.