"Meh on Mitt"

That was the headline that captured the general reaction to a Romney 3.0 candidacy at a meeting of conservative Republicans at the Heritage Foundation.  Here's how entrepreneur Robert W. Ellis put it to The Huffington Post:

"I’m sure he would make a great president. He knows math and he understands economics. And he’s a hundred percent honest.  But the public doesn’t get moved by him. He doesn’t stir their hearts. We need somebody who will light the fire."

I'm not sure he would make a great president, although he certainly wouldn't be the worst of those who are supposedly running.   Unfortunately, the other part of this opinion is all too true.    Maybe when you get to know him, up close and personal, something else comes through.   But Mitt just does not evoke compassion or passion . . . or much of anything.

It's sad, but the two things that will be remembered about him are (1) the dog in its cage, strapped on the roof of the car for a family vacation trip and (2) "the 47%".

Meh.

Ralph