Mitt should have taken a populist stance in 2012. He may have won.
a) How many stances can this guy have, only the 'wide' stance is missing and Larry Craig's got that one covered.
b) You cannot run as a populist with his donor base, unless he's lying through his teeth to someone, and that'll come back and bite him - one way or another.
c) and the GOP that venerates St Reagan, that gutted support and sent the poverty rate back to pre-Great Society levels, 'cause, 'muh freez mahket'... really needs to find a new idea (ideally one based on evidence).