Among the election post-mortems I’m reading this morning, I see a frequent refrain about how Mitt Romney wasn’t a strong or ideal candidate. My immediate question is: compared to whom? Here are the GOP candidates who entered the race and stuck around long enough to participate in the initial debates. Who among the other seven candidates would have campaigned as well and drawn as much support as Romney? For those struggling to remember who all these folks are (top left to bottom right):
- Rick Santorum
- Rick Perry
- Mitt Romney
- Herman Cain
- Ron Paul
- Newt Gingrich
- Michele Bachmann
- Jon Huntsman
If Romney wasn’t the best candidate, who of the other seven would have fared better against Obama and the media? And if there were better potential candidates than these eight, then why didn’t they run? ..bruce w..