[mardi59]

I thought we had 57 states. That's what the dummy said.

[stephenjohnbanker]

We’ll see.

[Pollster1]

The 2012 election is all about Barack Obama.

I don't agree on the 40 state sweep and don't consider it productive to speculate, but I do consider this a very strong year for the GOP as long as we stay motivated to go the the polls. I've said for two years (on FR and not just professionally) that this election will be an up or down vote on BO, and the GOP nominee is almost irrelevant in terms of the election outcome, so I'll agree that this is all about Obama. It's just a shame that Romney is leading for the nomination.

[SoConPubbie]

A 40-state sweep for Mitt Romney harkens only to Reagan’s victories in 1980 and 1984, but it will do.

I base my prediction on several factors:

1. Mitt Romney did well in all the Republican primaries in blue states. This shows he has organized Republicans in those states, even though they are small in number. Judging by my experience in West Virginia, they tend to be just as conservative as the Republicans elsewhere — it is tougher to be a minority than a majority — but they are pragmatic.

2. Mitt Romney should put New England in play. Boston dominates that section of the country and the people in that area know him. He’s the Mormon Kennedy to them. He does not smoke or drink. Ah, there’s a religion that the Kennedy clan should consider.

3. Barack Obama is running scared. 4 years ago, he was a blank slate. Today his blackboard is filled with a lot of action and little results. The $787 billion stimulus did nothing. The $700 billion TARP went into bankers pockets. The GM bailout affected only 1 in 5 Americans who actually buy a GM or Chrysler. The Arab Spring backfired. He gave up on Iraq and we are being tossed out of Afghanistan.

4. Obamacare. Never has a presidential domestic policy been so despised. The Vietnam War was more popular in 1968 — and LBJ decided against another term.

What a joke of an article.

Point by Point:

1. These blue states he talks about, went for Obama big time against John McCain, and while Obama has been miserable from a Republican perspective and an absolute piece of crap from a conservative perspective, his behavior only strengthens his appeal to his core constituencies in these "Blue" States. Romney, because he looks so much like Obama with respect to their actual records, doesn't stand a chance in these "Blue" States. It is actually the reverse of what the GOP-E toady is stating. This is so bad it would seem that Karl Rove wrote this piece of make-believe.
2. ditto for #2.
3. This will help Romney somewhat, but Romney's own record of supporting TARP and the bailouts and his agressive use of fees/taxes to try and balance the MA budget as Governor coupled with his RomneyCare will be used by Obama and the Media to completely neutralize this advantage.
4. This one is just plain laughable. RomneyCare, which Romney refuses to state the obvious about, that it was Socialized Medicine at it's worse and a glaring mistake, will be hung around Mitt Romney's neck like an anchor.

I hope the original intent of the OP was not to drum up support for Romney with this drivel as it's does nothing to support the contention that Romney can even squeak out a win, much less a landslide like this head-in-the-sand author of the article wants to believe.

[SoConPubbie]

40-state sweep

Maybe for Obama, but not for that lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal Romney when his actual record shows nothing to recommend him to the base of the Party.

On almost nothing does Romney's actual record diverge from Obama's record. He IS just a whiter shade of fail:

[paul51]

I’ll see your 40 and bet 46....zero is that bad. Although I wish it were newt, it won’t make any difference who heads the ticket. By Nov people will be flat out angry and disgusted.

[SoFloFreeper]

The 2012 election is all about Barack Obama. For such a vain narcissist, Barack Obama sure is trying to get out of the spotlight on this one. That shows how little chance he really has.

Big time. I totally disagree with the notion Obama and Romney are the same...Romney can be pushed to the right--Rush Limbaugh and Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal have been saying that for a while. Obama cannot.

Obama hates Israel. Romney doesn't.

Obama hates capitalism. Romney is a capitalist, whatever else he may be.

Yeah, Romney has some paternalism in him...but heck, so did Ronald Reagan (did you see Ann Coulter's link to Reagan's 1987 plans for "Catastrophic" national health insurance?)....this doesn't mean he is an Alinsky Disciple.

Of course Romney needs to have a strong conservative House and Senate holding him in check...but I'd rather take my chances at a Romney White House and a couple of Republican houses of Congress than the Obamaphiles and two Democrat houses....hell, look what happened to the Republic from 2009 to 2011.

[ScottinVA]

BS. Obama has at least 240 EVs guaranteed to him on a silver platter before the first popular votes are counted. Romney has roughly 170.

The days of GOPers blowing out Dem opponents are long gone. The browning demographics and the massive numbers in the dependency class have wiped all the traditional advantages away.

The most comical piece in the story is the idea Romney could put New England in play. Oh, please.

[Yashcheritsiy]

This article s nothing but insular, self-congratulatory drivel.

The author assumes that everybody hates Obama as much as we do. They don’t. There is a large chunk of the American electorate who can’t wait to vote for him again because they think they’ll finally get some o’ dat pie this time around.

Thinking that Blue states are going to vote for Romney in the *general* just because liberal Republicans (who generally make up small minorities of the total voter pool) in these states went for Romney in the *primary* is the height of foolishness.

Obama’s campaign will be so hypocritical that they will have no problem simultaneously defending ObamaCare while hanging Romneycare around Willard’s neck like a boat anchor. At the very best, we can expect that Romney will be neutralised on this issue by his own continued support of Romneycare.

Romney will depress conservative voter turnout like nobody’s business. You think 2008 with McCain was bad? Wait until Romney kills the downticket turnout and loses us the House as well as losing to Obama.

Thanks GOP-E. You’ve done your job well.

[Yashcheritsiy]

This article s nothing but insular, self-congratulatory drivel.

The author assumes that everybody hates Obama as much as we do. They don’t. There is a large chunk of the American electorate who can’t wait to vote for him again because they think they’ll finally get some o’ dat pie this time around.

Thinking that Blue states are going to vote for Romney in the *general* just because liberal Republicans (who generally make up small minorities of the total voter pool) in these states went for Romney in the *primary* is the height of foolishness.

Obama’s campaign will be so hypocritical that they will have no problem simultaneously defending ObamaCare while hanging Romneycare around Willard’s neck like a boat anchor. At the very best, we can expect that Romney will be neutralised on this issue by his own continued support of Romneycare.

Romney will depress conservative voter turnout like nobody’s business. You think 2008 with McCain was bad? Wait until Romney kills the downticket turnout and loses us the House as well as losing to Obama.

Thanks GOP-E. You’ve done your job well.

[citizen]

He makes solid points for a remote observer. I hope enough Americans read the tea leaves in the same, sane manner. I expect them to.

[comebacknewt]

Don't like the GOPs chances this year at all. Romney was the worst possible candidate we could have run.

If there is a 40 state blowout, it will be in the Kenyan's favor, not Romney's.

[LS]

Well, I have thought for a year that it would be a very big GOP victory, even with Romney.

[Clintonfatigued]

I hope this happens. I’d feel better if he had a more inspiring nominee.

[Wyatt's Torch]

He’s nucking futs...