I heard this summary:
There is a republican party, a democratic party, and in Washington DC a coctail party

Well if you have a mortgage on your house, you should not be running for president. Mitt's words.

For most of them these days, selling out was never an issue b/c there were never any principles to sell.

I know just about nothing about Roemer other than his position on campaign finance and his party (not mine, needless to say), and I'm still pretty sure I'd vote for him over any of the other major party candidates. (Fortunately, I don't have to.)

Jason Linkins and Elyse Siegal of Huffington Post write of Buddy Roemer (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/2012-election_n_1205421.html?ref=politics#s611350&title=Mitt_Romney):

It's a pity that the campaign with the most dignity is faring the worst, but we can at least re-extract an important lesson about American politics: If you don't sell out, get the hell out.