With hindsight, do you wish Romney had won in 2012?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Yes, I think his presidency would have been very successful, and we would have gotten America back on the right track four years earlier.

[Sumner 1868]

No, we'd be in a war in Iran by now.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Of course (normal republican )

[RINO Tom]

Of course (normal republican )

[Mr. Smith]

Nope.

[Lechasseur]

Yes, I think the country would be in far better shape right now had he won.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

With Romney as President, Trump either doesn't run or runs on a more liberal platform for the Democratic nomination. so, yeah.

[Kingpoleon]

Yes...

[dw93]

Nope. A Romney win most likely means the Senate goes Republican that year to. So Obamacare is repealed with relative ease (yes, Romney had Romneycare, but he'd still gut it to score points with the right), a tax "reform" plan as bad or worse than Trump's gets through, would be Vice President Paul Ryan's plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program goes through,  a war in Syria would've started in 2013 and would still be raging on today, Iran is a bigger problem without the Iran deal, and on top of that  North Korea would still be an issue. Romney's only bright spot is that he might've handled Russia better than Obama did, although how much better is debatable. As for 2014 under Romney, thanks to an unfavorable Senate Map, the Senate stays Republican and might get even more Republican, and thanks to Gerrymandering, if the house flips to the Democrats at all, it does narrowly, so there isn't much bargaining power there. Romney most likely beats Clinton in 2016 as well. On top of all this, Trump is still a headache for us all, he's just not near the nuclear codes.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Nope.

[Kingpoleon]

Healthcare/Medicare reform:
https://thinkprogress.org/romney-praises-national-health-care-mandate-as-a-bipartisan-proposal-98381b10fea7/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/paul-ryan-ron-wyden-bipartisan-medicare-reform/2011/12/15/gIQAx7xyvO_blog.html?utm_term=.23d770ea6db0

With that and a federal sales tax, I think Romney would have implemented at least three major economic issues I agree with. If Kennedy had retired, I think Romney would have replaced him with Roslyn Mauskopf or Timothy Mark Burgess - both of whom would have done a very good job.

[DavidB.]

Of course.

[RFayette 🇻🇦]

Of course.

[The Govanah Jake]

Nah.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yes, but lets not fool ourselves into thinking it would be magical paradise if he did.

[Sir Mohamed]

No, Obama needed to be two-term president. I also like the fact that he's the first Dem since FDR to win over 50% twice.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Nope. A Romney win most likely means the Senate goes Republican that year to. So Obamacare is repealed with relative ease (yes, Romney had Romneycare, but he'd still gut it to score points with the right), a tax "reform" plan as bad or worse than Trump's gets through, would be Vice President Paul Ryan's plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program goes through,  a war in Syria would've started in 2013 and would still be raging on today, Iran is a bigger problem without the Iran deal, and on top of that  North Korea would still be an issue. Romney's only bright spot is that he might've handled Russia better than Obama did, although how much better is debatable. As for 2014 under Romney, thanks to an unfavorable Senate Map, the Senate stays Republican and might get even more Republican, and thanks to Gerrymandering, if the house flips to the Democrats at all, it does narrowly, so there isn't much bargaining power there. Romney most likely beats Clinton in 2016 as well. On top of all this, Trump is still a headache for us all, he's just not near the nuclear codes.

This, more or less.

[Santander]

No, I wish Hillary won in 2008.

[Kamala]

No, I wish Hillary won in 2008.

Hillary 2008 > Hillary 2016

[Don Vito Corleone]

No, I wish Hillary won in 2008.

[Young Conservative]

Yes, but lets not fool ourselves into thinking it would be magical paradise if he did.

[GoTfan]

No, I wish Hillary won in 2008.

Ah yes. The people who wish Obama had lost. I thought those Democrats had gone.

[Kamala]

No, I wish Hillary won in 2008.

Ah yes. The people who wish Obama had lost. I thought those Democrats had gone.

I'm surprised that you prefer Centrist Obama to Populist Hillary

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yes. Giving up a 2nd term of Obama is tough, but it avoids a Trump Presidency.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Not at all.