Try to objectively describe the life history and experience of President (then-Senator) Obama in 2008 vs. the life history and experience of Mitt Romney in 2012

Try to objectively describe the life history and experience of President (then-Senator) Obama in 2008 vs. the life history and experience of Mitt Romney in 2012 in a way that makes Romney the clear "empty suit"[1]. There were plenty of defensible policy or character reasons to vote against Romney, for Obama, or both, but it's disingenuous to describe Romney as anything but a perfectly plausible president. And of course, not much would have been different if he'd been elected: Some vocal folks on HN may wish otherwise, but the range of American political consensus is narrow, and our system requires consensus to change anything. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20suit http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20suit