I've always thought of Mitt Romney as being so superficial he always seemed a little too much like a daytime TV game-show host. Mitt seems to strike a lot of people that way too. So much so that Republicans are starting to talk about Mitt's problem openly.
John Boehner: Voters Need Not Love Mitt Romney
But at a June 30 fundraiser in Wheeling, W.Va., Speaker John Boehner offered a surprisingly frank assessment of the dynamic that surprised some in the audience.
The Ohio Republican made the remarks when an unidentified woman asked during a question-and-answer session: “Can you make me love Mitt Romney?”
“No,” Boehner said. “Listen, we’re just politicians. I wasn’t elected to play God. The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney. I’ll tell you this: 95 percent of the people that show up to vote in November are going to show up in that voting booth, and they are going to vote for or against Barack Obama.
“Mitt Romney has some friends, relatives and fellow Mormons ... some people that are going to vote for him. But that’s not what this election is about. This election is going to be a referendum on the president’s failed economic policies.
Well there you have it America straight from the Republicans' leader in Congress. A frank admission that many Republicans who may be less than thrilled with Mitt's money driven coronation, are even less thrilled by the candidate himself. Boehner goes on to close with this backhanded complement.
Solid guy, he’s going to do a great job, even if you don’t fall in love with him.”
If even Republicans have a hard time warming up to Mitt everybody else are likely to be the same way.or worse once they get a good look at Romney's plans for the country (or lack of them).
There seems to be a correlation between the amount of money floating a candidate and the dampened enthusiasm among rank and file members of BOTH parties in the new political reality, with the gargantuan sums of money that make up the post Citizens United political landscape.
A landscape of money that has turned into a minefield for our democracy.