Why Not Romney?

Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney won the 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate straw poll at the SRLC last week. I think it would be a mistake for the GOP to nominate Romney, because he will have to spend a great deal of time defending RomneyCare (or Mass. Care if you will), and I think the mere fact that he signed that bill into law in Massachusetts will cost him votes. GOP votes, Tea Party votes, and independent votes. Too many people will not accept his explanations as to why this forerunner of Obamacare was right for Massachusetts then and now, and why Obamacare is wrong. I think it would weaken the movement to make him the candidate.