Romney finds himself the target

Is there anyone more irrelevant than Romney?

Anyone that seriously considers supporting that dolt Palin over Romney is an absolute tool. I voted for Obama, and disagree fundamentally with a ton of the GOPs positions on just about everything, but at least I could respect Romney.

On the other hand, Palin thinks the world is 6000 years old, and the End of Days will happen any day now. She can't name a single newspaper which she claims she reads everyday. This is not an attack by liberal - these are just the facts. The electoral college was designed to keep boneheads like her away from any positions of power.

I was a Romney supporter until he started campaigning for 2012 BEFORE the 2008 election. I can not forgive his undermining the 2008 Republican effort and self serving switches. Did he really think that he had to be 100% in line with our views to get our support? What about standing up and saying this is who I am and what I stand for and go to he-- if you need me to be 100% on your issues.

One more stupid politician that wants to focus on what he/they/she are AGAINST vs. FOR.

Dear Jesus (pun intended) send us ONE person with just one ounce of common sense and a set of principles!!

I'm all for making fun of Romney but the commercial is a bit lame. Is this what Republicans find funny? It explains a lot.

Eric Fernstrom was always Rove-light. He almost got away with a 175K pension from the State had the Globe not uncovered his appointment by Romney to a 5K a year municipal job in Brookline just before they left office... lets hear it for loophole exploitation and then for pension reform! YAY!

Palin and her supporters have zero tolerance for any negative comments. Try it, and they will destroy you. But why ?

"Republican infighting" is incredibly boring. Too bad they seem to think it's so cutting-edge entertaining.

Is this supposed to be funny?

Time listed the governor of the country's 2nd least populous state, who just a lost an election partly because of her lack of appeal (which admittedly was engineered by a press that was vigorously campaigning for her opponent, but was real nonetheless) as one of the world's 100 most influential people, because she is a celebrity?

And Michael Steele should forget about the party's conservative base and start trying to appeal to the voters in the middle of the political spectrum. This is why we need non-partisan primaries. The past 2 presidential elections have been won by candidates from the lunatic fringe, as our country continues down the path of decline.

How about some new blood in the party planks. I am wanting to hear the touching stories how Mitt struggled through a deprived childhood, hitched up his own pants as a teenager, struggled and made it big on his own. As for Sarah, I would like to hear how she has mastered child rearing by instilling conservative family values to her kids and can show the results as virtuous conservative outcomes. Seems that the NEOCONS must shift away from spiritual political conjecture, guns, homophobia, phony opportunistic patriotism and gas bag radio personalities whom have stolen the party. There is no time like now to do it. So far the Republicans/NEOCONS look DOA in 2012.

oh boy, Romney and Palin, it looks as though the Republican Party has cornered the market on " the shallow and the ignorant " this time around. you can spin it any way you wish but the republican Party has long since given up even the pretense of governing for all Americans .

It's fun to see the NRA crowd blow each other apart.

So apparently Mitt Romney, who Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter supported during the 2008 primaries, is now too moderate for Michael Steele. What an incredible joke! Boy, has Michael Steele done a real 180 since he dared to criticize Rush. Michael Steele is now a shameless toady for the extreme right wing of the Republican party. Steele is not an effective leader and is willingly letting the Republican party slide down a deep hole being dug for it by ultra-right social conservative demagogues like Rush, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Glenn Beck.

As I remember it, Mitt lost the nomination to McCain because Huckabee split the conservative vote. Then McCain lost the election because he chose Palin instead of Mitt as his running mate.

This came out quite a while ago. Old story.

It is worth discussing though. It highlights the bigger story:

Romney vs Palin in the 2011 GOP primary. I love to see any story with Palin in it. Palin makes me laugh. :)

The new "base" of the GOP is for the most part a group of uneducated white lower middle class working families OR Christian fanatics who turn a blind eye to the constitution and scriptures when pursuing money or running from fear. John McCain would have been a fine president had he went w/his gut instead of selling his soul to the "new" RNC. Sarah Palin? What were they thinking? I'll tell you what they were thinking: they thought those uneducated followers were dumb enough to go for a pretty face w/ a redneck attitude, make the old guy look more appealing. She is exactly what this country does NOT NEED. I'd take Mitt over her any day and I can't stand him either.

I'd say you're right there is a bore in the woods when it comes to Romney.....although I would also say there's a nut in Alaska when it comes to Palin.

Funny to have Steele being so specific about why voters rejected Romney. Especially when Romney will be a future candidate. Guess Steele will be gone by then...

It pains me to think that a nation that produced Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR et al, can do no better than Palin or Romney.

@sat
I think you nailed it. And given McCain's poor performance regarding the economy during the runup to November, having Romney riding shotgun could well have saved his bid. Man, I wish we had fiscal conservatives in the White House.

Don't blame Palin for McCain blowing it. Don't blame McCain for Romney blowing it. And please, for Pete's sake, don't toss Palin because she is the only Republican politician the country likes.

There is one thought missing here: Sarah Palin is entertaining.. She is like a character from a comedy show. It would be tragic if she would lose to such a boring over-achieving Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes like Romney.