Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tops GQ magazine’s list of the “least influential” people of 2012. After failing to win a number of key swing states, Mr. Romney was defeated by President Barack Obama on November 6.

“Was anyone inspired by Mitt Romney? Did anyone vote enthusiastically for Mitt Romney?” the GQ article reads. “Of course not. Voting for Romney is like hooking up with the last single person at the bar at 4 a.m. The only successful thing he did this year was embody every black stand-up comedian’s impression of a white person. Thank God the election’s over. No more endless photos of Mitt staring winsomely off-camera with that attempted smile on his face. No more glaring campaign mishaps week after week after week. No more labored media efforts to make him look like anything other than Sheldon Adelson’s pampered money Dumpster. Good-bye, Mitt. I hope you enjoy the rest of your life quietly ensconced at Lake Winnipesaukee, blissfully ignorant of the plight of anyone who doesn’t have $300 million squirreled away in the Bahamas.”

The former Massachusetts governor is joined by Amanda Bynes, Madonna, Dwight Howard, Gotye, George Zimmerman, Michelle Obama, Ryan Lochte, Gregg Williams, Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Guy Fieri and several others.

Although Governor Romney was the primary target of the magazine’s jabs, GQ saved some criticism for First Lady Michele Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign.

“She founded the “Let’s Move!” campaign to get our children to contemplate forward locomotion,” GQ notes. “She even wrote a book about growing her own vegetables, which many people bought as a passive-aggressive way of telling someone they’re fat. And yet we’re still all hopeless corpulent sh***.” Mrs. Obama is number seven on GQ’s list of the “least influential” people of 2012.

Mr. Romney’s inability to inspire his base was cited by numerous pundits throughout the campaign as one of his main weaknesses as a presidential candidate. Within 24 hours of Mr. Obama’s reelection, conservative pundits were trying to figure out how to prevent a repeat of 2012 in 2016.

“The USA is a rapidly changing country and the Republican party needs to rethink strategy,” top pundit Bill O’Reilly said on Fox’s “O’Reilly Factor” on November 7.

The Michigan native’s dismal support among Latino voters is another reason for concern. To win in 2016, the GOP must nominate a candidate who can inspire voters and relate to the average American.

The Republican field is wide open for the 2016 presidential election. Besides former GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the field could include New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Senator Marco Rubio. None of these politicians, it should be noted, made it onto GQ’s “least influential” people of 2012 list.

President Obama defeated Governor Romney by earning 332 electoral votes to his Republican challenger’s 206.