Romney Resurrection?

In a week when a majority leader lost in a primary for the first time ever, more bizarre news emerges from the GOP. This time around rumors are swirling that top GOP fundraisers want good-ole Mitt Romney to run for president again in 2016 (WP). Seriously? Arguably losing an election that was ripe for the taking, Romney found a way to alienate minorities, immigrants, the lower 47 percent of the population and much of his own base all within a year. His aloofness, ideological flexibility, tendency to play fast and loose with the truth and history and general disregard for the hard work of campaigning, makes it hard to believe anyone would be silly enough to give him another shot. And yet that is exactly what Joe Scarborough among others intend to push, with a “Draft Romney campaign.”

This may be good news for the Democrats, particularly given the current alternatives Ron Paul and Paul Ryan, the severely damaged Chris Christie (the ultimate fat cat) and Jeb Bush, who appears unlikely to run. It is yet another year without a quality candidate from the right and, as one looks over their period of relative dominance starting in 1980, it’s hard to find one among the bunch, other than the charismatic, though obviously deeply flawed, Ronald Reagan. The interesting question that would emerge is whether the country would want a super-rich president in the current climate and whether they can really erase the defeat of four years ago. Early indicators would seem to lean toward a Hillary Clinton landslide in that case, but early predictions are, as always, perilous at best. But as the right tries to find a viable candidate that can address the changing demographics of the country, the democrats should be trying to find a way to recuperate some public trust in the wake of a fading Obama presidency.

If the GOP does decide to pull Romney back out of the shadows, I would assume most Dems would say: bring him on!