Mitt Romney en gång till ?

Mitt Romney försökte 2008 bli den republikanske presidentkandidaten. Han förlorade den kampen mot John McCain.

2012 blev han republikanernas kandidat och förlorade rejält mot Barack Obama.

Nu har han signalerat att han kanske vill bli partiets presidentkandidat 2016.

I söndagens New York Times skriver den briljante konservative kolumnisten Ross Douthat om varför det inte är en god idé.

Romney 3.0 could actually be interesting to watch. Maybe he’ll campaign more openly as a Mormon, running ads like the moving testimonials that aired just before Clint Eastwood’s prime time weird-out at the Republican convention, in which his faith and works are played up rather than hidden. Maybe he’ll roll out a sweeping policy agenda on poverty, as he claims he wants to do, amid incredibly awkward but maybe touching photo ops with the rural unemployed and inner-city kids. Maybe he’ll sock Mike Huckabee in the jaw during a debate.

Or maybe he’ll be wooden, clueless and entitled; finish sixth in Iowa and fourth in New Hampshire; and drop out. In which case he’ll lose some dignity, but we won’t lose anything at all.

So Mitt, it’s your call. I wouldn’t do it, you won’t win it, but I respect a Romney’s right to choose.

Det är en lysande krönika väl värd att läsa.

NYT