Nate Silver is clueless. He’d be happier if he slit his wrists
That the Reagan coalition is still viable, or that such things as “Reagan Democrats” actually exist. The GOP got killed among Asian-Americans, who logically should be strong GOP supporters. The GOP is not even asking itself why.
Nobody can predict what trojan horse can do, except G-d!
Go back and check the RCP final poll average for the 2010 Senate races - 20 of 23 correctly senate seats picked correctly. Of the the 3 that were incorrect, 2 dems won instead of the predicted republican, and the last was Murkowski beating Miller in Alaska. And obviously, polls were better than GOP cheerleaders this time as well.
The dumbest thing I hear around here is "no one polled me."
What about Hillbuzz? SHARK!!!....falling out on my arse laughing!
The voters weren’t winnable.
We are seeing the damage of 30 years of the teacher’s union molding minds.
We are seeing the damage of giant social saftey nets from cradle to grave.
We are seeing the damage of the new elite consiting of government union employees with billions in out elections.
I can go on and on and on.
We didn’t understand why Obama won in 2008. We thought maybe people wanted to give him a chance, he would be historic first black, post partisan and all that hopey stuff. Then they’d get over it.
Maybe he won because they really wanted a leftist.
“It’s the economy, stupid.”
I think folks forget that the GOP isn’t called the “stupid party” for nothing. The mistakes they and Romney made this election are legion. Marquis of Queensberry rules don’t mean much at a south Chicago street fight.
Our only hope now is real economic collapse (on a catastrophic
scale) that will be so devastating that it will bring about
a huge revolt against the Democrats.
Or it might even bring a military coup.
GOP lost presidency because the candidate did not have fire in the belly until too late (first debate). Nor did he express a clear and concise view of his principles or his plan (as Reagan did). People will vote for the devil they know rather than one that waffles.
Contrary to popular wisdom, GOP did not lose senate in 2010 and 2012 because candidates were too conservative. They lost because tea party nominated too many dumbkopf women in 2010 and too many stupid men in 2012. If you are too stupid to handle a press interview or debate question with MSM reporters we don’t need you in the senate. We need intelligent people like Paul Ryan who can articulate their plans and dodge idiotic questions about rape, who don’t dabble in witchcraft, etc.
The tea party is shooting itself in the foot, because people are blaming the message, not the messengers.
that right-wingers should do presidential politics instead of dealing with the state house.
(Let the RINOs obsess over all thing prezidential.) What a waste of time all this ROMNEY crap was.
Another myth - independents were huge with Romney and the remaining undecideds would break heavily to him.
Myths:
Blacks won’t turn out. Only 80% will vote Obama.
PA was in play.
Ryan will bring a state or two. Not even WI was picked up.
Gender gap is gone.
Dick Morris. Clueless.
Poll watching will help.
We can destroy all the myths, but people will create new ones in their place. That’s how people deal with unthinkable ideas.
If I never again hear the words - poll/s, polling, pollster - I will live a happy life.
Michael Barone.
(These are heavy-hitters so I'm thinking there's an unseen paradigm shift at work.)
Myths: Ramussen is right, D+6 is delusional, sea of Romney lawn signs, big R&R campaign rallies, Dick Morris, Michael Barone, [your favorite state] is going Romney, incumbents can’t win with >7% unemployment, the Bradley Effect, PA is winnable for the GOP, women like white men, all those “left-leaning” polls are in the tank for Obama, “fraud” won the election, John Roberts and Chris Christie are on our side.
Reality: We are anachronistic outliers in a country we don’t understand and that is going to leave us behind. This type of thing happens every century in many countries since the dawn of time. The US is never going back to what it used to be. Obama will guarantee it. There is nowhere to run.