Romney was the nominee because he got more votes in the primaries.
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Let’s talk about why Romney REALLY won the primaries.
1) He was the GOPe’s choice - they were supporting him and going on about he was the ‘most electable’. It was Mitt’s ‘turn’.
2) Romney bought many of his early endorsements by giving money 2-4 yrs ago and calling in his markers (John Thune was one of many). Romney plays the game well.
3) The media supported a Romney nomination and was soft on him early on because they knew he couldn’t win against Obama (as many of us on here warned about).
4) He trashed his opponents, making it personal and destroying reputations. He played hard ball during the primaries, and softball during the general.
5) He managed to keep almost everyone else out of the VA primaries (which is what turned the tide in his favor), by FRAUD. Has everyone forgot that Romney GOT A PASS on signature checking and had an inside man in the state GOP who wrote the letter saying that they were not going to check his petition sigs, while everyone else got scoured and several valid ones were dismissed leaving Romney and Paul the only ones in VA.
Those are the reasons Romney won the primary - not because he was the best or even a good candidate. We got played by the GOP.
A real existing candidate who was in the race, not some nonexistent fantasy candidate.
EXACTLY! Plus, the GOP lined up the primaries, made them open, take all, or combo, it was not an election during the primaries, it was coronation. It’s all handled from on high, word goes out, and if you are running against the tide, they smear you and trash you.
Nothing makes me more furious than having to deal with the douchebags in the GOP. no more.