Beyond the obvious fact that his record leaves him easy pickings for Obama or Clinton, he is very unpopular among “identity” Republicans.
A close relative of mine who I will call “Matt” is my one man focus group and he HATES Romney. Matt, like a great many Republican, is more interested in being on a team than he is interested in any specific policies or positions. Matt bases his voting decision on which candidate he perceives to be the most “real” and the least “phony.” In short, Matt is the kind of voter who gave us George Bush.
So I was not surprised to find out that Romney absolutely turns Matt’s stomach. Romney is just so plastic and polished that Matt has no doubt that he would pick Obama or Clinton in November.
In Matt’s strongly held opinion, the only person more “phony” than Romney is John Edwards. And one more thing, Matt regards it as a virtue that once he makes up his mind about someone or something – that’s it. Case close.