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February 24, 2012

Mitt's Aura of Electability Slipping

David Bass, The American Spectator


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Conventional wisdom says that Mitt Romney is a more viablecandidate than Rick Santorum in a head-to-head fight with PresidentObama. Polling bolsters that viewpoint, though by a slight margin.But my sense is that the so-called Romney-Santorum electabilitydivide underestimates one of Romney's biggest liabilities in thegeneral election: His aura of being the guy who just fired you.

Now, free marketeers in the Republican base understand Romney'stenure at Bain Capital. They don't have a problem with his networth. Swing voters won't have nearly as sanguine a view,especially as they're fed misinformation by Obama's $1-billioncampaign machine. A well-orchestrated attack by Obama againstRomney's background and wealth could be just as effective "” if notmore so "” than an...

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