Would a Romney win have been better for the democrats?

[brucejoel99]

No. Romney/Ryan would've consolidated power in the GOP establishment & given a sense of 'fixing' the country by being able to be more active in Congress with McConnell & Boehner. Along with a carefully crafted tax cut, this would've kept most of middle America happy with stability & the economy generally showing continued steady improvement. The Tea Party's influence would've been lessened & that's what ultimately doomed Obamacare repeal efforts. In all likelihood, Romney would be a moderately popular incumbent &, as such, the Democrats as a political party would've been worse off in today's environment.

[brucejoel99]

I wonder how President Romney would be handling COVID-19

Much better than Trump has. He's clearly more competent & responsible than even most Republicans, let alone Trump, & would let the folks with medical backgrounds do their job without contradicting them on national TV as much as seemingly possible.

We would've had earlier modeling & preparation for every worst-case scenario like Azar wanted to do, a full assessment of healthcare needs & a plan to deal with shortages & capacity (& actual attempts to follow through on said plans instead of threats to withhold medical supplies from certain states just because their Governors were mean to the President), testing up & running sooner, etc.

In all honesty, when it comes to fighting this pandemic, a President Romney would be a dream right now compared to Trump.