Always insightful to hear the postmortem in these situations. Even if half of it is skewed, these are he moments where we actually hear more honest analysis than at other times when spin is central to every word uttered. I share some of the same views...why didn’t they run positive Mitt ads all summer...the did that in the primaries a few months before a primary here in Florida, and I think it was prety effective. The ads were good and positive and formed a positive view of Romney well ahead of any competitor doing any ads.
Also, why was the attack on Obama so vanilla...especially from all the super pac that seemed so focused on getting rid of him.
>and chose Paul Ryan for VP.
He chose Ryan so he could drag out the principled voters that stayed home.
Romney understands business and the Ryan pick was for a VP who could address one of our biggest problems we have that Ryan knows a lot about. I was very happy with the Ryan choice if we had won...but as a candidate compared to the crap from the other side - he unfortunately appeared weak. It’s all about the “optics” now....not reality.
In retrospect Romney should have been more of a B.S. politician...chosen someone to appear to a voting block, regardless of who was best qualified, and then appointed Ryan to head the reforms we need after the Republicans took over. I don’t know...Rubio might have made a big difference but who knows. Pandering seems to be a vital part of getting elected - regardless of qualifications.
These are my conclusions about that campaign http://www.theusmat.com/. I was pulling my hair out I couldn’t believe what they were doing and I’ve been out of the loop for so long there wasn’t much I could do. Locally I was hoping to build on a top down ticket pull. My guys for state offices barely squeeked through but they did carry..
These are my conclusions about that campaign http://www.theusmat.com/. I was pulling my hair out I couldn’t believe what they were doing and I’ve been out of the loop for so long there wasn’t much I could do. Locally I was hoping to build on a top down ticket pull. My guys for state offices barely squeeked through but they did carry..