Romney have done better or worse then McCain?

[SmokingCricket]

Romney by a small margin.

Part of McCain's problem was that he had to do more shifting in his beliefs because he had about as much charisma as Nixon circa 1960 - with an opponent who had charisma to match JFK in the same year. Then again, he also flubbed with Palin, although I'm not convinced that said selection destroyed him like most folks make out.