Mitt Romney dips a toe in The Atlantic

 Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney makes a range of observations and criticisms in his latest essay, “America Is in Denial,” published in The Atlantic on July 4 — commentary that’s just panoramic enough, with only one individual called on the carpet by name, that the senator from Utah might be seen as appealing for something like a national consensus on solving the problems we face. Not least among them, the fact that we can’t seem to find a national consensus about anything.

Fair enough — reach should exceed grasp, right? But in the current gridlock backdrop, it’s not unreasonable to suggest that Romney’s comments — relatively benign, mildly reproving — could also be the genial opening overture for a 2024 Romney campaign. He’ll vigorously deny this, of course, pro forma that’s to be expected. Some of Romney’s essay observations go out of their way to position him as a nonentity in any serious talk about the 2024 derby.

It’s still early days in the discussion of the next presidential campaign; a lot of names will be floated in the months to come. Most of those names will sink. But Romney’s essay contains not only a sweeping overview of where we are, but also the slightest, tantalizing hint of where we could be going, in 2024 and further, depending on the breaks, of course. And the candidate.  . . .

Read the full essay in Daily Kos

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