Would a Romney win have been better for the democrats?

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I wonder how President Romney would be handling COVID-19

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Democrats were awfully overextended 2014 Senate map, so I think Romney's first midterm could have been relatively mild (at least in the Senate) with the GOP still probably on-track to pickup states like AR, LA, SD and maybe MT (Baucus was a very vulnerable incumbent even in OTL). 

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I think an interesting scenario is Romney serving two terms from 2013-21.  This places the double-whammy of Covid/Floyd in the final year of his second term, and I think Romney is the exact type of person who would see the opportunity in these events to immortalize his legacy.  His dad was George Romney, after all. 

Also interesting is that I see Obama as someone keen to make a second run at the White House, especially after a narrow defeat in 2012.  Maybe there was a pre-existing gentleman's agreement between Obama and Clinton to keep 2016 open for her, but Clinton ITTL probably struggles more vs Sanders and the divided Democrats let Romney narrowly win a second term.  Obama then has the option to run again in 2020, which I think he'd win vs either Paul Ryan or Trump.  Obama 2.0 is back in office come January 2021, and he maybe has much more appetite to deliver on his promise than he did in 2009.