No one vetted Mitt

[arely staircase]

How did the Republican Party miss so many of Mitt's problems? You can thank his weak primary opponents.

Remember that Romney’s most visible opponents during most of the nomination process were either dramatically underfunded or were otherwise unable to run a normal campaign with a fully staffed opposition research operation and the ability to effectively challenge Romney with what they learned. Rick Santorum’s campaign was almost comically understaffed; Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich weren’t much better. Gingrich did benefit from outside attacks, but apparently didn’t have the staff necessary (or perhaps the interest in deploying staff) to really know what in the ads was accurate and what wasn’t, making it fairly easy for Romney to dismiss the whole thing once some questionable assertions were found. At any rate, most Republican opinion leaders didn’t really want to hear that sort of attack in the first place, and so even a lot of anti-Romney Republicans didn’t follow up on it.

http://www.salon.com/2012/07/29/mitt_romneys_unexamined_past/

[global1]

1. I Bet His Daddy Corvetted Him When He Was A Kid...nt

[Turbineguy]

2. You mean to tell me he was born on another planet?

The problem with the Romney Birther Movement taking hold here is that progressives just aren't that stupid.

[C_U_L8R]

3. John McCain did

and came to the conclusion that Sarah Palin was more capable.
'Nuff Said.

[vinny9698]

4. The majority of the GOP primary were in it for something else then the presidency

Cain, Newt, Trump were in it to sell books, and make a profit for themselves. Bachmann, Paul, were in it to push an ideology.
The serious candidates did not have any sugar daddies to support them. So, Romney was able to outspend his opponents by millions

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5. that is a good point

palin ran for president for the entire time between elections, just not in the elections. and i'm sure she and her family made a ton of money.