OPINION: Where's Gov. Mitt Romney?

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 This editorial  was written two years ago  following the concession of then GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, provided here as a historical reference for the struggling RNC.  

 During the last several weeks  of the 2014 mid-term election season Mitt Romney re-emerged  as a supporter on the political scene. Here in Virginia he showed up at an event for Barbara Comstock, the successor to retired Republican Congressman Frank Wolfe and his name asa potential contender began appearing appearing more in the media. No doubt about it,  his eyes were on the White House for 2016. 
  In early January he said he was interestedin putting in a bid for th presidency.
On Friday, Romney put an end to speculation that he insisting that he had widespread support in the 

“I am convinced that we could win the nomination, but fully realize it would have been difficult test and a hard fight,” Romney said in remarks he delivered by phone from New York with his wife, Ann, by his side.

He said it was a hard decision.

“You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across the country,” he added. “But we believe it is for the best of the party and the nation.”

But before the  businessman makes another investment into his political future, he must consider how the party distanced him in the past and whether he is ready to serve 100% of the country.  The latter is a question Romney has already having to answered how he would lead in reference ot the gaffe that jeopordized his career. If he is to ever ever run as a Repubican again Romeny has to accept what he and the GOP did to curtail the win.  The  conclusion of  his second run for presient  reealed poor leadership and management on the part of his campaign managers and him. He faled to connect to the people arounfs him to secure their loyalty that could have been key yo a subequent win and that is nt presidfential

This is what I wrote about my assessment  after Romeny wa sdefeated I wasn't tryong ro be a prpet, but two years later the lay fo the land is the same. Republicans has abandoned Romeny once agian:

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has not been seen in the media since he conceded on election night. Other than Laura Ingram, conservative talking heads are tongue-tied about Gov. Romney. Republican pundits are only talking about the defeat and how to re-image the party. No one seems to want to utter the name of the man they were supposedly backing, let alone show any appreciation for him. What happened?  White male dominance in the form of Romney, Todd Akin, and Robert Mourdock is in part what happened. Flip flopping on key issues and insulting half of the nation, which led to social media slaying is what happened.  Nonetheless, he deserves more credit for running a tighter race than McCain in 2008, making some progress for the Grand Old Party.

Romney was blatanly rejectedas if he alone was the reason for the defeat itself was a threat to a future run for the White House.

(By the way, wasn't the RNC supposed to rectify long standing perceptions about Conservatives? Black Republicans Mia Love, Arthur Davis and several women were a part of the show. The show of diversity on the stage would have been a more convincing narrative had the American people plugged their ears when Romney said 47% of the American one of several gaffs proving how a wealthy businessman is disconnected from common folks.)
Romney is no by far the rsole reason a Repubica is living at 1600 Pennsulvaian AVe.

The Republican Party does have a real image problem that will get abysmal if its ideologies around race, women, work and war are not reset. It's problem is that in a nation of diversity and change, most of its leaders have a one size fits all mentality. It's problem is stern, non-inclusive, white, male, antebellum and so bottomline the party often seems heartless and alienating--even toward its ow constituents.

Here's just one tacid example of the GOP's internal conflict:  They don't handle political business in a unified, compasionate manner.  Staffers got out of cabs on the same night Romney lost the race and their credit cards were not working and secret service is done, Garrath Haake a campaign worker said on MSNBC today. They were cut off instantly. I was listening to a news program when the reporter attemepted to find out what Romney would do next. One of his former staffers nonchalantly says he does not think we will hear from the again; Romney will just "fade" away (but for the record the defeated politician did formally say goodbye and thank his team in Boston on Wednesday.) Maybe the unity was just a facsade.

After Romney put his life and family on the line for the GOP, shouldn't someone acknowledge that he fought the good fight? Maybe the old political saying is true; in politics there are "no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, " but there are "strange bed fellows."As a man who dedicated years of his adult life to public service, who has politics in his DNA (both of his parents were lected officials), I doubt this defeat will snuff out Romney's political ambitions. In his acceptance speech President Obama says he plans to work with Romney. Will he answer the call? In this world of strange bedfellows, a world where Pres. Bill Clinton set aside his differences to become President Obama's  crony --in fact he was the chief surrogate that helped secure Obama's second term-- perhaps some good can still come of Romney's work. wiht not so uch as a happy trials end off.

So far what we know about how Romeny will spend is rime.  With Rome he will be moving into an office with his son and tomorrow he will meet with the president for the first time since the election.  

Pretending Romney never existed won't do anything to advance the party. 

Going forward the Republican party would benefit from the advice in a Willie Nelson song: "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold them. Know when to walkaway, know when to run. You never count your money when you're sitting at the table. They'll be time enough for counting when the beating's done." talking oris it all for show.