"... it became clear that yet another Romney run would have been driven by yet another Romney reinvention." So true!

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COMMENTS:
*  I never met the man, and I never will. So I can't say what sort of man he is one on one. However, he built his wealth first by inheritance, then by vulture capitalism. He demonstrated repeatedly that he was oblivious to the problems of most Americans. Maybe he's a great guy to spend time with, but he'll not be missed as a presidential candidate by people in the 99%.
*  The guy is pretty pathetic...  I mean, just another rich guy who wants to be president because "HE WANTS TO"...  Here's the big problem here... There are way too many people out there who WANT TO be president strictly to stroke their own flippin' egos... If you can't articulate what you have to offer the country then why in the world should the country let you become president...  That's why Romney lost in 2012 and that's why almost the entire field of Republicans out there who WANT TO become president in 2016 will lose, too...  And I'm not too sure about Hillary either...  Seems the only possible candidate out there who has some thing to offer the country doesn't WANT TO be president and that is Elizabeth Warren...  The rest, with the exception of Jim Webb, are either owned by the Kochs or ego trippers... 
*  I was not insulted since not being a Republican there was no chance I would vote for Mr. Romney to begin with. I tuned him out years ago as I have quite a few of the "maybe" candidates. Several of them just seem to toss out their "possibility" of running at a time when they have a new book out they are selling, or a television/radio show that can benefit from a ratings bump or need to book some additional speaking engagements for additional dollars. I am keeping an eye out for candidates that will actually state how they really feel, what they truly stand for day in and day out. Those are the ones I will research thoroughly and decide whether to vote for. It is still a bit early for any type of intelligent decision making on any candidate.
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Romney insults voters one last time
By Stephen Stromberg, January 30, 2015

The country let out a collective “thank God” — or, in Utah, a “thank gosh” — on Friday when Mitt Romney said he would not run for president a third time. He went out as he went in — a decent man and an accomplished manager who serially insults voters.

As Romney floated potential campaign messages over the past few weeks, it became clear that yet another Romney run would have been driven by yet another Romney reinvention. Among other things, a man who four three years ago literally said on national television that he was “not concerned about the very poor” was going to run as a man who cares deeply about poverty. What else do you expect from a politician who implemented an Obamacare-like universal health-care plan and favored strong climate change policy as governor of Massachusetts — and then ran an uncreatively shrill 2012 campaign opposed to both ideas?

The case for Romney was always premised on the notion that, despite his desperate attempts to reflect the views of 50 percent-plus-one voters back at them, he would quit this nonsense in the Oval Office, applying his intelligence and businesslike competence rather than behaving like an ideologue or governing by focus group. Naturally, GOP ideologues didn’t trust him. But neither did a lot of other people who had reason to wonder if, like his campaigns, his presidency would have been driven by constant and brazen political calculation.

Perhaps Romney felt as though his developing 2016 message was more authentically Mitt. But he had already strained the credulity of all but the most devoted Romneyites. He should have taken the goodwill he generated after his unsuccessful 2012 run and become a GOP elder statesman. Instead, he had to inflame the political world one last time over the past few weeks with characteristically awkward hints of another run. Whether he was serious about performing another political shape-shift or he simply wanted to flex his ego, the result is the same: He reminded Americans of why he was a flawed candidate.

That’s a shame. Romney is an otherwise accomplished man and father who was at times unfairly savaged during the 2012 campaign. But, as ever, his own worst enemy is himself.
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