On the contrary, I think Romney is a brilliant man...
Consider this.
♦ He has a documented record of supporting liberal issues (same sex rights, abortion, minimum wages, etc).
♦ His political position in the MA 1994 senatorial election can be clearly construed as, at the very least, a moderate liberal (despite him running as a Rep).
♦ He has a documented record of doing a 180 degree turn on almost every single major issue (same sex rights, abortion, minimum wages, etc).
♦ He ran a successful venture capital fund that makes most of its money from breaking up companies and reselling them.
♦ He has no Washington political network to speak of
And yet, he triumphed over the entire GOP field to emerge as the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party. He defeated the conservative favorite Santorum, tea party favorite Bachmann, lobbyists favorite Gingrich, libertarian favorite Paul (well, almost), and two of the most successful GOP governors of the last two decades, Huntsman and Johnson.
During the campaign season, each and every one of his GOP challengers highlighted his flip-flops, his shady business past, his questionable character, and his lack of conservative credentials.
Despite this, and despite the primacy of the conservative agenda in the GOP, Romney ultimately smashed through the primaries with startling ease even as he reinvented himself as a 'severe conservative.'
Now, Romney may be an out-of-touch elitist narcissist with neither moral nor conviction, but he is not stupid. In fact, he may be the smartest GOP presidential candidate since Nixon.
And to say that the credit lies with his advisors and/or psychopants would be inaccurate, since it is an open secret that Romney personally manages his campaign's operation.
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