Romney Losing His Mojo After Caucus, Primary Losses to Santorum

[MarkCharles]

Romney comes across as overly scripted, and sometimes aloof, whether he’s hitting his talking points or reciting “America the Beautiful.” He’s a bit ill at ease among average voters. What was striking about his concession speech Tuesday night was that when he talked about his father struggling to make it as a carpenter, he seemed to be speaking from the heart. (Of course, Dad went on to become head of American Motors and Michigan’s governor, so that’s the closest Romney can come to a rags-to-riches narrative.)

And what, at its heart, is Romney’s message, other than that Obama is flailing and the former head of Bain Capital is the man to fix the economy? Romney lacks an animating idea that would bring voters to their feet and faces such complications as the similarities between Obama’s health-care reform and his own in Massachusetts.

“The conservative electorate of 2012 really is hungry for the authentic, Washington-changing candidate,” Fleischer says.

“Santorum doesn’t have any organization or money—he’s able to win based on the idea that the base doesn’t like Romney.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/09/has-romney-lost-his-mojo-after-caucus-primary-losses-to-santorum.html

Oh what a wonderful fantasy! Santorum against Obama in the general election.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Ari Fleischer - communications expert for the GOP

Still, the message is telling, despite the asshole-ness of the messenger. RMoney needs to gather his team, spend a weekend retooling his approach, and committing yet another series unbelievably lame gaffs.