The Weakness of the Case for a Romney Comeback – Spectator Blogs

Bob Wright correctly observes that we should soon be treated to a barrage of Romney Combeack stories chiefly because the press needs a new story to tell and this is one of the few even semi-plausible tales remaining. It may even be necessary to concoct a Romney comeback even without there being any actual evidence for a Mitt Recovery. (Conservative fans of Scoop will recognise this as the Wendell Jakes Gambit*).

Be that as it may, you need only read the most optimistic pieces of pro-Romney straw-clutching now appearing in newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic to appreciate how improbable Romney’s resurrection is. I mean, can’t they do better than this?

Take, for instance, Andrew Roberts’ piece in the new edition of Standpoint. He begins:

Romney’s first hope must be that people are simply lying to pollsters, and not wanting to seem racist by admitting that they are planning to vote against America’s first black president.