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Criticizing a politician for not representing the values people believe he holds is not canceling. If that is the case 3/4 of congress has been canceled.


Romney is persona non grata in the national GOP now, which is exactly what being cancelled is: to be ostracized. His values haven't moved anywhere from eight years ago when he was good enough to be president, so something else must have changed.


>to be ostracized

He is not ostracized in the way I would consider it. As far as I know Republicans still work with him, are willing to let him sponsor bills, etc. My understanding is he is still invited to Republican lunches as well.

I think we are working with two different understandings of cancellation. He will almost certainly lose his next election though.

>he was good enough to be president

Well not good enough since he lost to Obama. Just because you win a primary doesn't mean the majority actually supports you.

>so something else must have changed.

I think people forgot what his views were. People have nostalgia and remembered they thought he was better than Obama which turned him into a more mainstream conservative in their mind. I think there are other things at play like Romney being a Morman and also having name recognition.


> Criticizing a politician for not representing the values people believe he holds is not canceling.

My point was specifically that this wasn't the case here. Maybe you misread a negative in my comment.




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