The "gifts" meme is a GOP talking point, no more. O'Reilly and others were bloviating about it on Faux News right after the election. Like plutocrats don't get "gifts" from the government....
Romney is clueless. But he's also pretty much out of the picture at this point. He won't run in 2016. Ryan might, but he's going to have to tack toward the center if he has any hope at all. Then again, that's sort of true for the entire Republican party. The party that is risks increasing marginalization in a changing America. If they want to be leading influences, they're going to have to step back from the abyss of ignorance. I think they will do that. It may not happen for another decade, but a Republican party that does not take serious stock of itself after this election eventually will be named along with Whigs and the America First Party as a failed political idea.