‘Morning Joe’ On Mitt Romney: ‘We Kind Of Made A Mistake Four Years Ago’

[JamesL]

(math is obviously not one of his strengths)

Hearing Joe Scarborough beat the drum of Mitt Romney is nothing new.

But well-known Democrat Donny Deutsch? That’s a new one.

On Wednesday’s edition of “Morning Joe,” Deutsch looked back with regret at Romney’s loss in 2012.

“There is a psychological reason to go to Mitt Romney, and that is: wow! We kind of made a mistake four years ago,” said Deutsch, the former advertising executive. “We get to do a do-over. He was right about Syria, he was right about a lot of things.”

“Donny, you’re dead right,” said the Morning Joe co-host. “There is a reason why Mitt Romney has come out of nowhere suddenly…we only elected a certain kind of leader when the Soviets existed and we had to elect somebody with their finger on the bomb.”

“You know who those type of people were? They were like Mitt Romney,” said Scarborough. “We didn’t give a damn whether somebody was exciting. We didn’t give a damn whether they talked about hope, whether they talked about change.”

“We need somebody like Romney…Americans yearn for competence, and Mitt Romney is competent,” added the former Florida congressman.

(video at link)

 

[Tsing Tao]

They want Romney to run because they have a whole bunch of ammo on him and know conservatives won't turn out for him (thus, he can be easily beat). Lastly, they know he's safe, and they could be facing a lot more conservative person instead.

 

[loyek590]

I'd vote straight republican if Romney ran against Hillary

 

[gwb-trading]

I'd vote straight republican if Romney ran against Hillary

There has been some commentary with spot polls showing that Romney would be likely to beat Hillary in a 2016 match-up.

 

[loyek590]

There has been some commentary with spot polls showing that Romney would be likely to beat Hillary in a 2016 match-up.

He could be a good statesman, but he is a horrible candidate. IMO opinion Hillary would also be a good president. But I just don't like her as a person.

What troubles me is he had such bad advice and took it.

 

[Ricter]

I want a "pure" tea partier to run on the rep side.

 

[gwb-trading]

I want a "pure" tea partier to run on the rep side.

Which is the only way Hillary could win according to the polls.

 

[loyek590]

I want a "pure" tea partier to run on the rep side.

you don't even know what "tea" is. It stands for "Taxed Enough Already."

Tell me one, just one, idea your side has that doesn't involve taxing me more?

 

[gwb-trading]

He could be a good statesman, but he is a horrible candidate. IMO opinion Hillary would also be a good president. But I just don't like her as a person.

What troubles me is he had such bad advice and took it.

Romney has issues with public presentations, coming across stiffly, and taking poor advice on talking points. He came across the "winner" in the first debate and then failed completely in the later debates. Romney would need to run a solid campaign that mirrors his "first debate" and stay away from his previous gaffes.

I do not believe that Hillary would be a good president. The problem is that her presidency would look just like the earlier Clinton tenure in the White House with Travelgate and other endless corruption.

 

[Ricter]

Which is the only way Hillary could win according to the polls.

And that's ok, so long as one understands the point about it.