Portrait of a Campaign in Free Fall

Or, Mitt Romney’s thrashing
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On the one hand, Romney campaign sources are telling Buzzfeed that they’re refocusing on the God and guns crowd:

This shifting campaign calculus has produced a split in Romney’s message. His talk show interviews and big ad buys continue to offer a straightforward economic focus aimed at traditional undecided voters. But out stumping day to day is a candidate who wants to talk about patriotism and God, and who is increasingly looking to connect with the right’s intense, personal dislike for President Barack Obama.

Three Romney advisers told BuzzFeed the campaign’s top priority now is to rally conservative Republicans, in hopes that they’ll show up on Election Day, and drag their less politically-engaged friends with them. The earliest, ambiguous signal of this turn toward the party’s right was the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as Romney’s running mate, a top Romney aide said.

“This is going to be a base election, and we need them to come out to vote,” the aide said, explaining the pick.

But on the other hand, Romney campaign sources are telling the New York Times that they’re refocusing on the economy:

With Mr. Obama facing questions about his plans for a second term, aides said that Mr. Romney would re-emphasize “The Romney Plan for a Stronger Middle Class” by spending two days on each of the five elements of that plan: energy independence, education changes, deficit reduction, help for small businesses and freer trade.

This completely unfocused messaging is a real indication that the Romney campaign is spinning its wheels, without a clear plan. And that’s not surprising, since they’ve articulated no clear policies at all.

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86 comments
1 freetoken  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:38:44am

One thing is consistent - they're not telling:

Romney keeping bundlers' names secret

2 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:39:17am
Three Romney advisers told BuzzFeed the campaign’s top priority now is to rally conservative Republicans, in hopes that they’ll show up on Election Day, and drag their less politically-engaged friends with them.

If you're still having to try and rally the party base in September, you're doing it wrong.

Their internal polls must be an utter disaster.

3 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:39:29am

Guns and God are all the economy god fearing Americans really need.

4 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:41:09am

Romney's campaign focuses like an optometrist with Parkinson's.

5 makeitstop  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:42:41am

Add to that the announcement that they'll be getting into policy specifics - while they refuse to go into specifics about it - and they look more Keystone Coppish every day.

I think they've resigned themselves to the fact that they don't stand a chance of winning, and will try to drag Obama down with them.

6 Randall Gross  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:43:57am

It's about enthusiasm -- they know their base is less likely to get out for Mitt in November. They can't capture more votes, but they can make sure the ones they have get to the polls.

7 researchok  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:44:08am

The election was Romney's to lose, in many ways.

He is doing so in spectacular fashion.

8 Randall Gross  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:45:03am

Having to turn around and refocus on the supposedly committed base at this point is a real bad sign.

9 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:47:06am

If Romney is a True Believer, at some point we might expect to see a greater-than-expected financial focus on regions that are presidentially uninteresting but have important down-ballot races. Missouri, for example.

If Mitt recognized the election was lost and wanted to help his ostensible cause, this is the action he would take.

Who expects to see it?

10 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:48:38am

Holy back-flipping fucksticks - do we have an undercover Freeper-creeper on our site? o_O

11 researchok  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:49:01am

re: #8 Randall Gross

Having to turn around and refocus on the supposedly committed base at this point is a real bad sign.

That is what really distinguishes the two candidates, I believe.

Obama will not kowtow to his base- he is representing the interests of the nation- even when has to go against his base. He is the president of all Americans, not just some.

Romney can't seem to get past the notion he accountable to his base, first and foremost. And they are a fickle lot.

12 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:50:52am

Gods and guns! Clinging, clinging towards freedom!!

13 Political Atheist  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:51:08am

This just in fresh Romney campaign video

14 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:51:20am

re: #10 Interesting Times

Holy back-flipping fucksticks - do we have an undercover Freeper-creeper on our site? o_O

Winny Spencer isn't a Freeper. She just doesn't like liberalism.

15 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:52:04am

She isn't a freeper, she just talks like one then.

16 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:54:32am

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

Winny Spencer isn't a Freeper. She just doesn't like liberalism.

How do you know she is not a freeper? Quacks like a duck freeper...

17 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:54:42am

This is majestic.

The Romney campaign announced Monday that the Republican presidential ticket will start to home in more on the specifics of their policy proposals on the campaign trail.

But on a conference call with reporters, Romney adviser Ed Gillespie said flatly that there would not be any new policy ideas coming from Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. They’ll be focused, Gillespie said, on laying out the details of plans they’ve already announced.

Voters “are eager to hear more details about policies to turn our economy around,” Gillespie said.

Asked if that meant Romney would answer longstanding questions about how he would pay for his tax reform plans and which government agencies he would cut or merge, Gillespie punted.

“We’re not rolling out new policy,” he said, so much as moving to “reinforce more specifics.”

If you can figure out what they will or will not say about policy, you're a smarter man than I.

18 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:55:13am

Sex, Lies, and Bloodlust: What the Values Voter Summit Tells us About the Religious Right and the Republican Party

First are foremost, Republican leaders are unwilling to distance themselves from the far-right fringes of their base, especially in an election year in which conservative evangelical voters are not tremendously excited about Mitt Romney. Romney took a pass this year, and it’s not hard to understand why. Last year, organizers maliciously put him on stage right before the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, who had ridiculed Romney’s Mormonism. A supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry denounced Mormonism as a cult, and the flap over Romney’s faith was the dominant story coming out of the gathering. It was much safer to let Paul Ryan represent the ticket this year, and to have other speakers like Rick Santorum and Rick Scarborough ensure evangelicals that voting for Romney was in fact a good thing. Romney did send a tepidly-received video, which seemed almost an afterthought. What is motivating these activists is not enthusiasm for Romney but their hostility toward the Obama administration.

Complete take down at the link.

19 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:55:38am

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

Winny Spencer isn't a Freeper. She just doesn't like liberalism.

That comment I linked to skirts very close to bigotry/racism with weapons-grade derp like this:

Bhagwan Shree Obama.

I'd expect that kind of xenophobic garbage from Limbaugh. It's like the verbal equivalent of that idiotic witch doctor poster. If these are the kinds of freaks Romney needs to win, well...that tells you everything you need to know.

20 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:57:48am

I dunno, when I hear Bhagwan Shree anything, I'm reminded of the time Bill the Cat ran off with them and the Meadow Party treasury.

21 Randall Gross  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 10:58:23am

I always thought that Winny Spencer was someone's parody sock puppet, the right's getting harder and harder to parody nowadays however...

22 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:00:07am

Aw jeez, Dark, you didn't have to upvote that comment.

23 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:03:51am

re: #3 Kragar

Guns and God are all the economy god fearing Americans really need.

And more children. WE need to breed more white, protestant god-fearing children.

/gah

24 efuseakay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:06:06am

re: #22 dragonath

Aw jeez, Dark, you didn't have to upvote that comment.

Yes he did. Rush told him to.

25 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:06:20am

re: #19 Interesting Times

That comment I linked to skirts very close to bigotry/racism with weapons-grade derp like this:

I'd expect that kind of xenophobic garbage from Limbaugh. It's like the verbal equivalent of that idiotic witch doctor poster. If these are the kinds of freaks Romney needs to win, well...that tells you everything you need to know.

It isn't. Its a dig on "Obama as guru". That's not the same thing as calling Obama a "witch doctor" (which BTW was what got Stalker 'Iron Fist' kicked off this blog), as "guru" does not have the same negative racial connotations.

26 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:06:22am

re: #19 Interesting Times

That comment I linked to skirts very close to bigotry/racism with weapons-grade derp like this:

I'd expect that kind of xenophobic garbage from Limbaugh. It's like the verbal equivalent of that idiotic witch doctor poster. If these are the kinds of freaks Romney needs to win, well...that tells you everything you need to know.

It seems to be a total ignorance of the religions associated with brown people --ignorance to the point of xenophobia, IMHO.

27 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:07:23am

re: #22 dragonath

Aw jeez, Dark, you didn't have to upvote that comment.

I saw it more as a counter-ding. i would not have updinged that comment had it not been downdinged first.

28 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:07:48am

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

It isn't. Its a dig on "Obama as guru". That's not the same thing as calling Obama a "witch doctor" (which BTW was what got Stalker 'Iron Fist' kicked off this blog), as "guru" does have the same negative racial connotations.

No, guru doesn't have negative racial connotations.

Among sane, somewhat knowledgeable people, being called a guru is an honor.

29 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:08:36am

re: #27 Dark_Falcon

I saw it more as a counter-ding. i would not have updinged that comment had it not been downdinged first.

So you agree with that deranged bullshit?

30 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:08:37am

re: #28 ggt

No, guru doesn't have negative racial connotations, in and of itself.

Among sane, somewhat,knowledgeable people, being called a guru is an honor.

You beat me to it. . .

31 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:09:04am

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

It isn't. Its a dig on "Obama as guru". That's not the same thing as calling Obama a "witch doctor" (which BTW was what got Stalker 'Iron Fist' kicked off this blog), as "guru" does have the same negative racial connotations.

I've literally never heard 'guru' meant with even the slightest negative connotation. Did you forget a word, or do you actually think this?

32 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:09:37am

re: #29 Charles Johnson

So you agree with that deranged bullshit?

No sir, but I don't think Winny was being racist either.

33 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:11:00am

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

No sir, but I don't think Winny was being racist either.

Who said anything about "racist?" Why would you encourage someone to continue posting crap like "the Democrats are a cult led by Bhagwan Shree Obama?"

Calling that Freeper-like is right on the money.

34 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:11:08am

re: #31 erik_t

I've literally never heard 'guru' meant with even the slightest negative connotation. Did you forget a word, or do you actually think this?

The former: I forgot a word:

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

It isn't. Its a dig on "Obama as guru". That's not the same thing as calling Obama a "witch doctor" (which BTW was what got Stalker 'Iron Fist' kicked off this blog), as "guru" does not have the same negative racial connotations.

PIMF and comment edited.

35 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:11:10am

re: #31 erik_t

I've literally never heard 'guru' meant with even the slightest negative connotation. Did you forget a word, or do you actually think this?

Because xenophobics use it that way, doesn't make it so . . . . .

Sounds like DF has been hanging around with too many people who use it that way.

36 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:11:42am

re: #34 Dark_Falcon

The former: I forgot a word:

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

PIMF and comment edited.

ah!

37 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:13:12am

I had an early appointment this am. I am fading quickly to the point at which I will no longer be able to follow the edits.

Besides, Brat Puppy needs his nap.

Have a great afternoon all!

38 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:14:23am

Man, this morning wingnut wave really is getting on my last nerve.

39 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:14:52am

re: #33 Charles Johnson

Who said anything about "racist?" Why would you encourage someone to continue posting crap like "the Democrats are a cult led by Bhagwan Shree Obama?"

Calling that Freeper-like is right on the money.

re: #19 Interesting Times

That comment I linked to skirts very close to bigotry/racism with weapons-grade derp like this:

Bhagwan Shree Obama.

I'd expect that kind of xenophobic garbage from Limbaugh. It's like the verbal equivalent of that idiotic witch doctor poster. If these are the kinds of freaks Romney needs to win, well...that tells you everything you need to know.

Bolding and italics mine.

40 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:17:07am

I guess I'll have to start getting up earlier to push back against the right wing crap that constantly shows up in overnight threads.

41 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:17:10am

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

Winny Spencer isn't a Freeper. She just doesn't like liberalism.

WS is a he, and yesterday he openly predicted, with a straight face, if Obama is reelected that by 2016 "any and all criticism of Islam will be criminalized."

Listen man, just because someone shares your fucked up ideological bent doesn't mean that you need to stick your neck out in their defense. Do your goddamned research and see if they're worth bothering first. Winny is a complete nutjob.

42 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:19:33am

re: #32 Dark_Falcon

No sir, but I don't think Winny was being racist either.

He's a religiously intolerant bigot who thinks Obama is going to outlaw any and all criticism of Islam. I certainly wouldn't be surprised to find out that he's a racist as well.

43 Romantic Heretic  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:22:09am
44 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:25:12am

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

That did not help me understand your position. . .the quote you use clearly states that the statement in question skirts toward a racial jab, and I happen to agree. With other terms available to get your point across, (Democratic Cult Whisperer maybe?) why choose one that would raise eyebrows? Unless your point was to raise eyebrows. . .

45 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:27:04am

re: #44 DisturbedEma

There's a difference between 'said for shock value' and 'racist'.

46 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:27:10am

re: #43 Romantic Heretic

It has been a tough year to be from Wisconsin. . .just saying. . .

47 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:28:19am

re: #46 DisturbedEma

It has been a tough year to be from Wisconsin. . .just saying. . .

Here, have a silver lining:

48 EiMitch  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:28:48am

I was wrong about Romney. (not by much, but still...) He is just as much of an egomaniac as Trump. He wants to be president for no reason except for the prestige of the title. He's got no firmly held beliefs nor agenda. Those were bought and paid for long ago.

He couldn't even care enough to hire someone smart enough to be of any real help to his campaign. Even dubya had a bit more sense than that. And what bigger condemnation for a politician than being less competent than Bush Jr when it comes to foresight?

49 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:28:49am

re: #45 Dark_Falcon

There's a difference between 'said for shock value' and 'racist'.

No there is no difference, motivation is to be damned- I can say many things for shock value and none of them have anything to do with race. . .

50 kirkspencer  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:29:07am

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

It isn't. Its a dig on "Obama as guru". That's not the same thing as calling Obama a "witch doctor" (which BTW was what got Stalker 'Iron Fist' kicked off this blog), as "guru" does have the same negative racial connotations.

Actually, it's a meme Savage was pushing at WND - Obama as the cult leader. See Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

51 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:30:52am

re: #47 Interesting Times

I needed that this morning. . .thank you

52 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:31:38am

re: #45 Dark_Falcon

There's a difference between 'said for shock value' and 'racist'.

Ok now I am curious. . .please explain the difference between these two positions/motivations

53 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:33:25am

re: #50 kirkspencer

Actually, it's a meme Savage was pushing at WND - Obama as the cult leader. See Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

Yep, that's right. The hate speech that comes out of Michael Savage is funneled directly onto LGF, and I'm beginning to lose patience with it.

54 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:33:36am

re: #50 kirkspencer

Actually, it's a meme Savage was pushing at WND - Obama as the cult leader. See Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

The Bhagwan was an immigrant who pulled political shenanigans in an attempt to take over the town of Antelope, OR. Given that, I see someone making that comparison as practically a birther, which is a racist.

55 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:33:41am

re: #47 Interesting Times

The same poll also shows mitt Romney within 1 point of Obama in the Badger State. It seems Obama's convention bounce has faded away.

56 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:34:50am

re: #50 kirkspencer

Actually, it's a meme Savage was pushing at WND - Obama as the cult leader. See Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.

That I did not understand. I don't visit Weird Nut Daily very often, its too insane for me.

57 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:36:15am

re: #55 Dark_Falcon

It seems Obama's convention bounce has faded away.

Keep telling yourself that. The Romney campaign is in serious trouble if they're still trying to reach out to the party base in mid-September.

58 Blizard  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:36:38am

Meanwhile, a *really* bad comedian somehow found his way on to Faux News this am. He was supposed to be a former Obama supporter now cheering for Romney. It goes really bad, really quick. Did Gretchen Carlson just get punkd? Apparently!

[Link: www.rawstory.com...]

He could have done a better job, but it just goes to show how far Faux News needs to dig to get the narrative they want. Amazing.

59 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:37:41am

Ryan on why Romney won’t reveal specifics on tax reform plan

During an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody, Ryan said Romney is following Ronald Reagan's playbook by not divulging the details about what specific tax loopholes he would close and the rates that would be set under his administration. Ryan said the reason is "because we want to get it done."

"If we actually tell you what we're going to do once we get in office, we'd have absolutely no chance!"

Great party you've got there, DF!

60 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:38:40am

re: #55 Dark_Falcon

It is like the recall election- it depends on who you ask and what you ask. . .

61 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:38:51am

re: #56 Dark_Falcon

That I did not understand. I don't visit Weird Nut Daily very often, its too insane for me.

LGF is sane enough for you, so why do you have the impulse to "counter ding" something that many LGFers are offended by? Maybe it deserves a closer look before you jump to defend a moron like Winny.

62 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:40:25am

re: #60 DisturbedEma

It is like the recall election- it depends on who you ask and what you ask. . .

If it ends up like the recall then Obama's got a problem, because Scott Walker won the recall cleanly.

63 kirkspencer  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:41:27am

re: #55 Dark_Falcon

The same poll also shows mitt Romney within 1 point of Obama in the Badger State. It seems Obama's convention bounce has faded away.

Actually there are some peculiar (to me) other results and I'd really like to see the crosstabs. See, 40% of the respondents were 46-65. 28% were 30-45, 12% 18-29, and 20% were older than 65. That's significantly different from normal voter turnout.

64 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:42:13am

re: #63 kirkspencer

Actually there are some peculiar (to me) other results and I'd really like to see the crosstabs. See, 40% of the respondents were 46-65. 28% were 30-45, 12% 18-29, and 20% were older than 65. That's significantly different from normal voter turnout.

As would I.

65 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:42:23am

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

If it ends up like the recall then Obama's got a problem, because Scott Walker won the recall cleanly.

Unfortunately for Mitt, he doesn't have 4x the money Obama can spend, so he can't flood the airwaves like Walker and the Koch Bros did for the recall.

66 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:42:43am

...

67 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:43:10am

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

If it ends up like the recall then Obama's got a problem, because Scott Walker won the recall cleanly.

As someone who had to endure this election twice in 2 years, I respectfully disagree with the tone and the position of your post

68 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:44:12am

Wow, when you can't even crack the classic "crazy percentage" mark...

69 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:44:43am

re: #65 JamesWI

Unfortunately for Mitt, he doesn't have 4x the money Obama can spend, so he can't flood the airwaves like Walker and the Koch Bros did for the recall.

I have noticed that there seem to be more ads for Obama on my local tv stations. . .

70 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:45:16am

I've come to the conclusion that LGF has some hidden quota of crap-stirrers. The nicks and names change, but the format and style of argument doesn't vary. Hair splitting, ignoring context, claims of innocence regarding whether they did or did not read an article before opining or quoting it, and stubbornness defending irrational talking points that would impress a mule.

(Off to read something non-repetitive since this daily runaround is frankly boring as hell.)

71 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:47:09am

re: #67 DisturbedEma

As someone who had to endure this election twice in 2 years, I respectfully disagree with the tone and the position of your post

Explain, please.

72 mr.fusion  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:47:18am

I've seen epileptics sharing a bowl of spaghetti with more grace than the Romney campaign has shown in the last few months

73 makeitstop  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:47:54am

re: #70 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

I've come to the conclusion that LGF has some hidden quota of crap-stirrers. The nicks and names change, but the format and style of argument doesn't vary. Hair splitting, ignoring context, claims of innocence regarding whether they did or did not read an article before opining or quoting it, and stubbornness defending irrational talking points that would impress a mule.

(Off to read something non-repetitive since this daily runaround is frankly boring as hell.)

Actually, not hidden. It's the same people posting from the same right-wing sites every day.

74 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:49:22am

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

If it ends up like the recall then Obama's got a problem, because Scott Walker won the recall cleanly.

He might have won the battle but he has not won the war
His anti-union law has been declared unconstitutional.

Also Nate Silver still has Obama at over 80% chance of winning WI
It is foolish to depend on any one poll, especially on a one point difference.

75 Destro  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:50:41am

re: #7 researchok

The election was Romney's to lose, in many ways.

He is doing so in spectacular fashion.

The election was Obama's to lose as the incumbent.

76 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:51:18am
77 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:52:13am

re: #66 Dark_Falcon

As would I. I'd also like to know what their Likely Voter model is

That was the likely voter model.

Polling was paid for by Democracy for America and was conducted by Public Policy Polling on September 12th and 13th in a survey of 959 likely voters in Wisconsin.

I love how you never do the most basic, pedestrian level research before opening your mouth.

78 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:53:58am

re: #75 Destro

The election was Obama's to lose as the incumbent.

If the Republicans weren't insane and almost impossibly bad at campaigning, Obama would have been crushed. Not Dukakis or Mondale-level crushing, but still, an absolute massacre.

79 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:55:09am

re: #77 goddamnedfrank

Hey goofball,

I was asking how they defined a likely voter, which their press releases did not answer.

80 researchok  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:55:26am

re: #75 Destro

The election was Romney's to lose, in many ways

.

It's all about comprehension.

81 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:56:37am

re: #74 blueraven

He might have won the battle but he has not won the war
His anti-union law has been declared unconstitutional.

Also Nate Silver still has Obama at over 80% chance of winning WI
It is foolish to depend on any one poll, especially on a one point difference.

By a left-wing judge who'll be reversed on appeal.

82 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:57:07am

re: #81 Dark_Falcon

By a left-wing judge who'll be reversed on appeal.

we will see

83 Thorzdad  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:57:30am

There's plenty of time yet for a little "surprise" to be manufactured, just before the election. I wouldn't suggest anyone get too complacent about the Romney campaign self-destructing. Dewey defeated Truman, afterall.

84 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 12:01:55pm

re: #83 Thorzdad

There's plenty of time yet for a little "surprise" to be manufactured, just before the election. I wouldn't suggest anyone get too complacent about the Romney campaign self-destructing. Dewey defeated Truman, afterall.

At this point, I really just can't see what "surprise" Romney can come up with to swing 3-5%. I mean, he's already accused Obama of being on the same side as the terrorists who killed a U.S. ambassador. He's already gone with just about every disgusting borderline racist rumor that the wing-nut blogs come up with.

The base eats that stuff up, but at this point, the rest of the country simply doesn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth (or the mouths of his campaign team). Unless they can find a secret video of Obama meeting with Osama Bin Laden to formulate the plan to fake his death, I can't see what Romney could come up with.

85 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 12:04:03pm
86 alpuz  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 12:18:33pm

.. always a 'left-wing' judge. *Sigh* Somebody just channeled Walker.


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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
Cheechako
4 days ago
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