Prediction: Romney is the Saviour of the RNC Brand.

[OAITW r.2.0]

Trump Out...Fuck him....Mitt 2020!

Watch Mitch's trajectory compared to Trump's. The con continues!

[klook]

1. The base don't like Mitt.

First of all, he ain't no real Christian. Mormons -- they's some kinda muslin er somethin', ain't they?

He was mean to his pore ole hound dog, too. That sho ain't gone cut it.

[Cha]

22. The hound lives on....

he's not as down and dirty perverted as Pervert J Blowhard, either.

[lunasun]

2. Proven Loser

[Doodley]

6. 2016 - Trump 46.2%. 2012 - Romney 47.1%

[lunasun]

7. Romoney still lost. That's called the loser . Not the winner

[Doodley]

9. Maybe, but you can't argue that he has a large following.

[CrispyQ]

26. The base voted Romney cuz he was running against a black man.

In the primary against Trump, I think Mitt loses, unless the GOP can rally a whole bunch of middle-of-the-road conservatives, who probably identify as independent, by now.

[Tumbulu]

3. We can only dream!

How attractive he seems to me now. Oh for a good old normal republican!!!!!!

And I'm a Democrat.

[tblue37]

18. Check out this OP:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210104589

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. OK Smartys...who is the rising star in the RNC?.....and IQ, please.

[CrispyQ]

27. Sheriff Arpaio,

who didn't even know that by accepting a pardon he admitted to guilt.

Seriously, people think they can't find someone worse than Trump? The election in Alabama shouldn't have even been close.

[crazycatlady]

32. A rising star is 87?

[CrispyQ]

34. I should have included the sarcasm smilie with the Arpaio comment.

Although nothing would shock me with these people.

[FSogol]

30. No one. The GOP is trending downward. No savior for a few election cycles.

Need an example? See the Democratic party following the Reagan landslide.

[tritsofme]

5. As long as Trump has a pulse, he will be on the ballot in 2020

Even in the unlikely event that Republicans dump him in favor of the Mittster, Trump would surely run on an independent ticket, all but guaranteeing a Democratic win.

[Doodley]

10. That sounds good!

[lagomorph777]

20. After leading his party to catastrophe in 2018?

Yeah, probably. Fucking lemmings.

[pnwmom]

21. Not if he's in jail. n/t

[tritsofme]

23. Being in jail would not preclude him from appearing on the ballot...

[sarcasmo]

8. Binders full of Women riding in car elevators.

[RDANGELO]

11. He might turn out to be the only Republican in Washingtion who is more

popular with the party in his state than Trump, which means that he won't fear him.

[Sharpshooter007]

12. Unless he's impeached, Trump is almost certainly going to be the GOP nominee in 2020. End of story.

People who argue otherwise haven't been paying attention enough to Republican voters in this country.

There were 16 other contenders in the GOP primary, experienced governors, senators, congressman etc.

They rejected every single one of them and UNANIMOUSLY picked Trump.

What makes you think they'll pick a conventional GOP politician like Romney? There's clearly no appetite for any mainstream GOP politician, why do you think they keep picking Roy Moore, Donald Trump, Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, Todd Akin etc etc

Most GOP voters would cut their own wrists than vote for a mainstream GOP politician. This is been the case since 2010.

[former9thward]

15. What is your definition of "UNANIMOUSLY"?

Trump never got above 50% in the primaries until it was very late. Maybe you have a different definition than the dictionary...

[Sharpshooter007]

17. Well it was a 17 man field at one stage. And when it whittled down he did get above 50%.

People who are hoping the GOP are going to snap out of Trumpamania and come to their census to pick a guy like Romney are going to be massively disappointed.

GOP voters love what he said about Haiti and African countries. This is what today's Republican party is I'm afraid. Most of his base eat all his racist crap up, a polite pro diversity/immigrant candidate like Flake and Romney have no chance in that batshit crazy field that rewards filthy ugly rhetoric.

[AlexSFCA]

13. trumps base hates romney

[Sharpshooter007]

14. Correct

Trumps base is the majority of the Republican party.

[Cracklin Charlie]

16. The prophecy lives.

[JI7]

19. the base doesn't like him. he won in 2012 because NEwt and Santorum split the crazy vote

same reason mccain won in 2008

[reflection]

24. I remember Romney's last Presidential run

And I was utterly offended by him on so many levels. Probably like everyone else here. I was terrified he might win. Of course, I never could have dreamed we'd end up 4 years later with the lunatic we have now in charge. Theoretically, if I were ever forced to decide between Trump and Romney, obviously it would be an absolute no-brainer.

I also have to admit, painfully, that I mocked and scorned Romney when he was asked during the debates (paraphrasing) "what country is the biggest threat to the United States" and he replied "Russia." He was right, I was wrong. Stopped clock, whatever, but I have to admit it.

Under no circumstances would I vote Republican in the next Presidential election, but he (hell, anyone) would be better than this benighted fool we have now. Amazing how relative things can be when you are terrified a guy could win 4 years ago but would crawl over broken glass to replace the current occupant with him now. Crazy world.

[Sharpshooter007]

25. Romney was probably the GOP's best 21st century nominee.

Which is not saying much.

As much as we might disagree with him its hard to imagine him being worse president than Trump or Dubya.

[MLAA]

28. With all the racism and bigotry of the GOP today, they will add Mormans to their list of hate

[DetlefK]

29. Romney does not want to be President.

Running for President was a vanity-project for him from beginning to end: The Presidency was just a collector's item for a bored rich guy.

You could see it in his eyes. There was no fire. He didn't want to be President.

[Pope George Ringo II]

31. Not seeing it

Let's say Trump is impeached/dead/abducted by aliens/whatever by 2020. The people who might support Romney are already on-board with Pence. Their approach is going to be that Romney had his turn, it's Pence's opportunity next. Besides, that's why Jeebus put Pence on the ticket in the first place, remember?

Personally, I would trade both Trump and Pence for Romney and a ham sandwich so fast it would make your head spin, but they've picked their poison.

[Wounded Bear]

33. Doesn't matter, all they have is a brand...

There's nothing behind the brand, no substance, only greed and self-aggrandizement.

[Enoki33]

35. Romney is likely not some kind of GOP savior, neither will he be in

a position to realistically challenge if dotard is not impeached and removed. He might however, by being in the senate, be the voice of conscience to those servile members who have forgotten their oath of allegiance. He might actually shame them into doing their jobs. Just a thought.