“Sometimes I find myself feeling sorry for Mitt Romney. No, seriously. In another time and place, he might have been respected as an effective technocrat — a smart guy valued (although probably not loved) for his ability to get things done. In fact, that’s kind of how it worked when he was governor of Massachusetts, a decade ago”.

Da Free Mitt Romney!, articolo di Paul Krugman sul New York Times

Ovvero, aridatece Mitt e il repubblicano buono è sempre quello che ha perso (almeno per Krugman e una certa intellighentsia statunitense)