This is how we ended up with McCain.
A lot of us think it would have been as bad if not worse had we ended up with Romney. I'll tell you this -- Romney would not have gotten my vote in a pres election regardless of his running mate; at least McCain got my vote because of Palin.
You labor under a severe illusion if you don't realize that a hell of a lot of conservatives think Romney is as bad, or worse, than McCain.
“You labor under a severe illusion if you don’t realize that a hell of a lot of conservatives think Romney is as bad, or worse, than McCain.”
That`s your illusion because all the exit polls showed otherwise. Go do some research and you`ll realize that conservatives flocked to romney but were outnumbered by moderates and liberals.
‘You labor under a severe illusion if you don’t realize that a hell of a lot of conservatives think Romney is as bad, or worse, than McCain. ‘
More Republicans voted for Romney than McCain from what I can tell.
Second point, ‘its the economy, stupid’ isn’t just a slogan, its what drives American election cycles.
Romney would have done much better than McCain last September 15th, the day McCain’s campaign collapsed upon itself due to McCain’s unbelievably inept, incoherent views on economic matters.
You can cite various votes, or legislative efforts passed on Romney’s watch as Governor in a overwhelmingly LIBERAL STATE if you wish as reason to not support the man.
But the fact remains, when the most serious economic crisis of my lifetime occured, that viewpoint gave us a man that was born with a trust fund, McCain. A man who grew up in a family of flag rank offices, McCain (ever meet a POOR admiral? me neither).
We got a clown that said ‘Americans won’t pick lettuce for SIXTY PER HOUR, for God’s sake.
When we could have had a guy that actually knew what the hell he was talking about on economic matters, and American workers.