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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
ETA: I think you may be kidding yourself that Romney would be a winning candidate this year. I think that Obama would have beaten him. I still hold out some hope that McCain will pull off a miracle, but I don't really think Obama was beatable by anyone with the level of support he had financially and with the press.
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I'm not sure, and again, I'm pretty biased. But, I think that a lot of the attacks leveled at McCain could be answered by Romney. I think Romney's a better debater than McCain, and with the economy in the current position, his background fits. Plus, I think Romney would have surrounded himself with better people (but, again, I'm biased, so take that with a grain of salt).
Even if Obama were still ahead right now, I don't think it would be nearly the runaway that it is. Part of me is glad that Romney didn't end up as the VP candidate, as I'd rather have him in a position of strength for 2012 (as opposed to having the John Edwards "Losing VP Candidate" burden to carry with him).
Also, and again, this may be just me, but someone who is extremely intelligent is also able to explain things in terms that people could understand. A sign of high intelligence, in my mind, is to explain a concept to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to understand the concept. For example, my tax professor is brilliant (near top of his class at Harvard Law, one of the premier state tax experts, etc.); he is able to walk into a room of liberal arts types, and within a couple of hours can have them understand large portions of the tax code.
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