Romney's last chance to make a first impression didn't go well

From Dec. 31: How Mitt Romney Is Plotting His Revenge On Trump "I know! I'll hit him with an anti-Trump editorial! That'll put me in fat city with the terrifying left and their media!"

Mitt Romney backtracks after Trump-hating op-ed attack bombs  "Arriving in Washington for his new gig as Utah's junior Senator, Mitt Romney jumped right in to revert to form, putting out a Washington Post attack op-ed decrying President Trump's lack of 'character,' and calling on Republicans to reach across the aisle." . . .

"It's also very unwelcome. Here Trump has given us the best economy in decades, and Mitt has almost nothing to say about it other than he agrees with it. Trump also never wavered on the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and fought like a lion to get more constitutionally-minded judges appointed. Trump chipped away at the nightmare of Obamacare, starting with an end to its vile poverty tax slapped onto the Americans who cannot afford its costly one-size-fits-all offerings." . . .

"It shows that his potshot against Trump bombed, particularly with Republicans, who were all out there and ready to be his friend, but can now see that he's got other priorities, such as filling the towering boots of ... Jeff Flake.

"And man, that is making him unpopular." . . .

Well, now Romney's made himself unpopular. And now he's backtracking. President Trump has said that if Romney had fought President Obama as hard as he fights against Trump, he'd be president today. It's true enough, but the backtrack is obviously Romney's style, proof that he never would have made a good president. With this latest failed attack, we now we know why he didn't win. He doesn't 'get' winning.

Let's call Mitt Romney 'Mitt McCain Flake'  . . . "Romney showed no fight against Obama in 2012.  He selected Paul Ryan as his V.P. running mate, who had absolutely no fight as the V.P. candidate in 2012 and did his best to sabotage President Trump's efforts to secure funding for the southern border wall. 

"Romney did not fight back when Harry Reid falsely accused him of not paying his income taxes."

Lou Dobbs: “I can’t believe the people of Utah elected this creep.”  

“He’s a fool, and he is also absolutely a treacherous fool,” said Dobbs. “He’s an embarrassment to the state of Utah. That’s the way it’s going to be because he’s obviously committed to his role as the smallest man in the Senate. It’s disgusting.”

Mitt Romney’s Counterproductive Op-Ed Romney's niece pretty much agreed
Mitt Romney Says He Will Not Run against Trump in 2020
Rich Lowry on The Romney Op-ed

Lindsey Graham, Other Republicans Attack Mitt Romney For Anti-Trump Op-Ed
. . . "Graham concluded by issuing a dire warning to Romney about the fleeting praise of the media and urged him to learn from what happened to Brett Kavanaugh." . . .

"If he's going to be the critic from Utah, it's going to hurt him and Utah," Graham said in an interview with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio.  . . . " 'Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake? I hope not. " . . .

@RandPaul  Like other Big Government Republicans who never liked Reagan, Mitt Romney wants to signal how virtuous he is in comparison to the President. Well, I’m most concerned and pleased with the actual conservative reform agenda @realDonaldTrump has achieved.

"Virtue-signalling" is what media people do.  

Cavuto Reminds Rand He Said 'Worse Things' About Trump Than Romney. Rand Explains Why That's Different

. . . "But, as soon as Trump stepped foot in the Oval Office, Paul cooled it with the character assassinations. Sure he has disagreements with the president and votes against him from time to time, but personal attacks are out of bounds" . . .

Reflections on Romney  . . . "Romney’s pledge to speak out against “significant statements or actions that are divisive” is pathetic. Any statement or action of a conservative-leaning Republican president is going to be “divisive.' ” . . .