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Insiders Explain How Mitt Romney's Campaign Completely Fell Apart On Election Day
BI ^ | 11/12/2012 | Grace Wyler

Posted on 11/12/2012 2:19:14 PM PST by GlockThe Vote

Worse still, Ekdahl told Business Insider that the Romney campaign failed to provide poll-watching volunteers in his region — Jacksonville, Florida, a key Republican city in a major swing state — with proper credentials and accurate voter strike lists, rendering them unable to perform their duties even if the ORCA app had worked.

In interviews with Business Insider last week, sources close to the Romney campaign confirmed Ekdahl's account, and described a technological undertaking that failed at every level. According to several of these sources, ORCA was developed by a small, isolated tech team working under Romney's political team. These sources told Business Insider that the product was never properly beta-tested, and wasn't revealed to the rest of the campaign — including the digital team — until the week of the election.

Most people on the campaign "weren't that surprised" by ORCA's failure, said one Republican communications strategist close to the Romney campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; orca; romney; romneycampaign
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To: ace2u_in_MD

Every year someone says that ‘this wasn’t the election to...’ whatever.

Yes it was. They all were. Social/fiscal/whatever issues do not have better times. They are all important all the time.

And those who say they are fiscally con but socially mod/lib are indeed. But they are not ‘conservative’ when the chips are down. That’s easily demonstrated by their dem knack for categorization and (for lack of a better word) class warfare with their own supposed ‘party’. Eventually people have to stop lying to themselves and just be who and what their actions define them as. Whether they want to stay in their self-made political closet or not.

Again...If we cannot win on what we believe in then the country we love is no longer really ‘the country we love’. That’s just the hard reality and no amount of verbal gymnastics changes that.


141 posted on 11/12/2012 5:14:09 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: GlockThe Vote

All the more reason to NOT run opposed to the lib-tards unless you come to the dance armed with James Baker, or a James Baker protege as your escort. His “take no prisoners” approach is the only way these criminals can be dealt with!


142 posted on 11/12/2012 5:14:18 PM PST by soozla
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To: editor-surveyor

I read that after the election there were lawyers and 4 jets ready to go contest the election all Romney had to do was give them the go ahead....instead he said shut it down, it’s over....


143 posted on 11/12/2012 5:15:24 PM PST by Engedi
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To: Engedi

A man (or group) that refuses to fight, refuses to win. It’s that simple. And the GOP refuses to fight ALL THE TIME on the vast majority of the issues. Bohner/McConnel/Grahmm...cases in point. The defense rests.


144 posted on 11/12/2012 5:20:25 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

I will disagree. If the social issues had not been raised, Romney would have had a shot of capturing enough women on fiscal concerns to have had a shot of winning. As it stands, there was no positive motion of women toward Romney than McCain...


145 posted on 11/12/2012 5:25:55 PM PST by ace2u_in_MD (You missed something...)
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To: ace2u_in_MD

That presupposes that women vote solely with their crotches.

If women did not vote for Romney, perhaps it’s a trust issue. In fact I would bet the farm on that. Sure the lib women DO vote vaginally. But conservative women do not. They value honesty. And the GOP/Romney as their records show beyond argument, is/are anything but.

So run more ‘election conservatives’ and get more women staying home? That’s not the answer. The answer is and always has been to give people something they WANT to vote for. The dems do that with liberal BS. It would work well for us.

Instead of trying to fear us into voting against the vorst ever gotta vote against him boogy man the dems are guarenteed throw up election after election.


146 posted on 11/12/2012 5:37:10 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

You know - rush limbaughs words during the primary are comig back to haunt me when he said Romney was winning in areas Obama was going to win and that th cost of his wins were bad omen for later on.


147 posted on 11/12/2012 5:48:49 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote

I missed that one. Can you elaborate? I haZ a confused. Was he meaning that R’s methods would backfire in those areas oe something else?


148 posted on 11/12/2012 5:51:37 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

Limbaugh and other said during the primaries that Rommney was spending crazy money but generating his votes from areas that were likely to go for Obama in the general at the expense of depressing the real conservative base votes in areas he would need later on.


149 posted on 11/12/2012 6:19:16 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: TomGuy
Perhaps, candidates should hire and heed the advise of political experts, rather than family members.

A choice between family members and Republican political "experts" is seemingly a Hobson's Choice between "disaster" and "catastrophe".

150 posted on 11/12/2012 6:27:29 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

Gotcha. Can’t deny the truth of that.


151 posted on 11/12/2012 6:31:14 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

Its still hard to believe that romney thought he could win by ignoring the tea party, ron paul, sarah palin, “leave me the F alone” crowd.

When i read these articles i get really angry at the opportunity missed because romney and Co. got in bed w Rove and the crew.


152 posted on 11/12/2012 7:01:59 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: SatinDoll

Lets not forget the folly of RNC rules 12 and 16, the removal of key delegate members from the rules committee, and the shenanigans of the “rules vote”.

At the convention, we had long-time participants just get up and leave in disgust.


153 posted on 11/12/2012 7:19:50 PM PST by Kolath
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To: GlockThe Vote

To quote the great philosopher “Otter”

“Flounder, you can’t spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes! You f@#$!d up... you trusted us! Hey, make the best of it! “

We must not repeat that mistake.


154 posted on 11/12/2012 7:32:30 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

I still cant believe romney thought denying the ron paul, tea party, palin, blue collar conservative, vote would get him to office.


155 posted on 11/12/2012 8:16:56 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: ansel12

“The man has been in politics since his teens and has spent the last 20 years and 55 million of his own dollars trying to get into the white house, and no one knows why, or even what his political reasons were, what his agenda is.”

Just a slightly off-topic aside:

Here in Connecticut, Linda McMahon ran for senator twice, and spent something like $70 million of her own money — and lost BOTH times.

Goodness gracious, do some folks know how to lose!

Will she try again next time? :)


156 posted on 11/12/2012 8:44:36 PM PST by Road Glide
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To: Norm Lenhart

“That presupposes that women vote solely with their crotches.”

Don’t you call ‘em “ladyparts voters” fer nuthin’!
(btw, I claim credit for coining that term)

Like it or not, the ladyparts contingent -does- vote based on certain anatomical features.

And Obama won ‘em to the tune of 70% or so.

They are here, and they are going to become increasingly important in the future. They see little in either conservatism in general or the Republican party in particular that they like.

Not that I’m happy about it. I’ll guess you’re not, either...


157 posted on 11/12/2012 8:57:07 PM PST by Road Glide
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To: willyd
In which case the roof is about to collapse on the economy and the GOP had enough insider connections in the financial sector to know that Mitt Willard would become the Herbert Hoover of the 21st century. Bad news for the rest of us if this prognostication is correct.
158 posted on 11/12/2012 9:20:33 PM PST by robowombat
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To: SatinDoll
Mitt Willard appears to be more of his father's son than i realized. Gorgeous George was an opinionated horses terminal orifice famed for his seething with rage walkout from the 64 GOP Convention. He also displayed his famed charm when Barry Goldwater came to Michigan to address a large rally in the Detroit area. Gorgeous George with stonefaced contempt walker to the mike and said “The Republican candidate for President of the United States.” Then stalked back and sat with an expression of boiling anger with his arms tightly folded throughout Goldwater’s speech and at the end made it a point to very publicly stalk off the platform deliberately turning his back on Goldwater as he left. It was the most unpleasant public performance by a major political figure i have ever seen. Gorgeous George made Dennis Kucinich look like a model of mannerly decorum. Willard seems to have picked up the stiff necked self-righteousness from his old man.
159 posted on 11/12/2012 9:29:58 PM PST by robowombat
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To: robowombat

Thanks for this bit of information.

I remember the ‘64 election and my father’s negative opinion of George Romney and Nelson Rockerfeller. We were a very enthusiatic group of Goldwater supporters.


160 posted on 11/12/2012 9:35:00 PM PST by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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