Mitt was smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign...

[HipChick]

He did not bet on himself, he let Rove milk the Billionaire donors

He always came off, as someone who was selling a used car, even though he knew it would be a lemon

[Flashmann]

1. smart enough not to put his own money into his campaign

I find it much more plausible that he was too cheap and stingy.....

[Xyzse]

2. That is the first thing taught to the richer businessmen

Never use your own money.
Use someone else's money to make money.

[KurtNYC]

5. but they are also taught not to back someone who doesn't put "their own skin in the game"

[Xyzse]

6. True...

Well, I guess that is why he(Romney) had to leverage bail outs from the government for Bain and during his Olympic tenure.

May also be one of the reasons he lost.

[mikeysnot]

3. That is the way he rolls

Other peoples money for his personal gain.

[CJCRANE]

4. Doesn't Bain own a load of media companies?

If so then he would have gained from all the ad revenue.

[Evasporque]

7. ding ding ding...and Ryan stayed in congress....

they knew chances were slim...

[Skidmore]

8. Mitt did what he does best....

suck money out of others for his own benefit. I don't think it had to do so much with being smart as being self-serving and greedy.

[SoCalDem]

9. That's why he quit the primary in 2008..he had spent enough of his own $$$

and Mccain & Huckleberry were obviously going to continue.. I remember a comment from Mitten then that went something like this..

After conferring with family, they decided I should not spend the "family fortunes" to continue the run..

[malaise]

10. Just wait until those billionaires figure out that WilLIARd got richer off their money with

more dividends from Clear Channel via Bain - hahahahahaha - these gys will soon make the mafia look like childsplay

[HopeHoops]

11. A used car with no motor, a bum transmission, dead brakes - but it did have an exhaust system...

... - His mouth.