https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/17/romney-is-now-a-toxic-asset-to-unload/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:46:31 -0400<![CDATA[Romney is being erased with record speed from his party&#8217;s books for three reasons. First, many Republicans backed him because they thought he had a good chance of winning; that appeal, obviously, is gone. Second, Romney had shallow roots, and few friends, in the national Republican Party. And those shallow roots have allowed Republicans to give him a new role: As a sort of bad partisan bank, freighted with all the generational positions and postures that they are looking to dump&#8230;]]>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:15:14 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/17/romney-is-now-a-toxic-asset-to-unload-n97574