Mitt? Seriously? Serious Challenge? Please! He may have the money, and yes, he might have bough his way into the Tea Party express bus. However, the republican base is motivated. He is not going to be able to pass the flip-flop attacks from his political enemies. 

And if he manages to outlast his opponents because of his money, and if he manages to collect on the many favors from Tea Party activists, he is not, the one most able to challenge Obama. 

To use a modern popular comparison, and give this post the life spam of a fly, that poem about “plane not ever being the same” for some yogurt wouldn’t feat him. He lacks that je ne sais quoi to pull Obama down.

In recent history, only charismatic leaders have been able to oust incumbents: Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.  Mitt doesn’t even come close.

robertreich:

One of my regrets in life is losing the chance to debate Mitt Romney and whip his ass.

It was the fall of 2002. Mitt had thundered into Massachusetts with enough money to grab the Republican nomination for governor. Meanwhile, I was doing my best to secure the Democratic nomination. One …