"The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave"

A cyclical hunger for economic competence emerges when volatility and fatigue set in; in such seasons, an executive persona promises clarity.

Paglia frames the electorate’s need for "practical, prudent economics" as opening for a businessman; she implies ideological heat has outpaced managerial sense. The phrase "talk… to the electorate" emphasizes translation of complex trade-offs into plain terms.

Romney as emblem: balance sheets, operational turnarounds (Bain, Olympics), moderate governance (Massachusetts health reform). His defeat relegated him to political afterlife, but conditions revive him.

Resurrection metaphor: reputations are contingent; failure recasts as prescience when contexts change. Competence once mocked as bloodless becomes virtue when markets wobble, debts mount, wages stagnate, inflation bites.

Yet businessman-as-savior is double-edged: micro firm management not macro economy; efficiency can collide with equity; private equity scars communities. Prudence can be read as austerity, politically risky.

Still, the argument: voters prioritize custodial stewardship over revolutionary promises, seeking a caretaker to protect retirement accounts and price stability. Romney’s reserve and data-driven style suit that mood.

Subtext: a critique of political theatricality. Economic policy becomes stagecraft; Paglia bets on a counter-aesthetic: sobriety, spreadsheets, dullness as virtue. The grave signifies both his 2012 loss and the broader burial of establishment technocracy; resurrection signals a potential return.

Implicitly, timing is king. The same profile that fails under exuberance thrives under uncertainty. If public pain concentrates on costs and debt, a managerial conservative regains salience. If moral panics dominate, charisma beats competence.

Ultimately, the line wagers that practical language, measurable outcomes, and fiscal caution can rebuild a coalition, and that Romney’s brand personifies that wager more reliably than the culture-war entrepreneurs who crowd the stage.

Whether such a figure can convert technocratic reassurance into electoral passion hinges on credibility, empathy, and the capacity to marry arithmetic with a convincing moral story about shared prosperity.