I think who Romney stands with says a lot about what he’ll stand for… Associating with Trump seems to only reinforce the narrative on Romney that Team Obama wants to push. Which is that Romney is an out-of-touch rich guy without any real core, which means he’ll associate with anyone if he thinks it will further his ambition.
— Republican campaign strategist Mark McKinnon, suggesting Mitt Romney may pay a price for being unwilling to repudiate Donald Trump’s birtherism nonsense.