'How would a Romney 2016 bid survive'? Mitt once praised Jonathan Gruber [video]

Sarah D. | 5:56 PM on January 16, 2015

Uh, Mitt Romney … call your office:

Romney, signing his HC bill: "“There were contributors from outside government, as you know… Jonathan Gruber at MIT." http://t.co/7h9RhUFXSs

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 16, 2015

Yes, “Jonathan Gruber at MIT” is that Jonathan Gruber. The Obamacare architect guy. The guy who’s thankful for “the stupidity of the American voter.” That. Guy.

And Romney thanked him.

Romney thanking MIT's Jonathan Gruber in 2006 Romneycare signing ceremony: http://t.co/7h9RhUFXSs pic.twitter.com/2hW0vwntIb

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 16, 2015

I hate to be the one to end Romney 2016, but… after last year, you can't praise Gruber and then be the GOP nominee. http://t.co/7h9RhUFXSs

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 16, 2015

Let’s go to the videotape:

Oh dear.

Jim Geraghty writes:

Jonathan Gruber probably ranks among Republicans’ five most despised figures in the country right now… how would a Romney 2016 bid survive the criticism of working with “the architect of Obamacare” and the man who, to many conservatives, personifies the Obama administration’s arrogance and dishonesty?

How could it survive? Gruber is toxic.