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look at the approval ratings that John McCain had at this point in the campaign, 53 percent; George W. Bush and Bob Dole, 49 percent. Again, Mitt Romney down at 34 percent.

If that doesn't tell the story, then nothing will. Center-right voters have looked at Mitt Romney and have seen right through his snake oil salesman grin. He's a fraud, and voters know it.

How on earth can a Republican challenger beat an incumbent Democrat president with that sort of lackluster support? Frankly, I don't think he can. He's incapable of generating enthusiasm, and if he's relying on the fear vote to put him over the top, then he's got a lot to worry about with people like me, who would rather vote for Mickey Mouse

He's really in trouble here in the South. You know he came in third in both Mississippi and Alabama.

Your state, Texas hasn't voted, but even if he pulls out a win against dead broke Newt Gingrich, that's no guarantee he can carry Texas against the Marxist, without conservatives coming out in massive numbers to vote for him and I don't think y'all will.

Your state, Texas hasn’t voted, but even if he pulls out a win against dead broke Newt Gingrich, that’s no guarantee he can carry Texas against the Marxist, without conservatives coming out in massive numbers to vote for him and I don’t think y’all will.

That sums it up well. People are moaning about Romney. They are hyped up about shrinking the power of the government and getting back rights Congress and Obama have taken. Not a good thing to pick a leftist Republican. We need a screaming banshee. :)

Texas hasn't voted, but even if he pulls out a win against dead broke Newt Gingrich, that's no guarantee he can carry Texas against the Marxist, without conservatives coming out in massive numbers to vote for him and I don't think y'all will.

Too true. Romney has never truly shook hands with Texas, and Texans notice that sort of thing.

Most folks down here know a carpet-bagging snake oil salesman when they see one, and Romney is nothing, if not that. I think he knows better than to come down here pretending to be one of us.

By the time we vote, I expect most Texas conservatives will give Romney a resounding vote of no confidence.

no guarantee he can carry Texas against the Marxist, without conservatives coming out in massive numbers to vote for him and I don't think y'all will.

No fair reading our minds.

Better to fight off Obama in the Senate, if we can get the turnover, than to watch the feckless McConnell and RiNO cabal wave through a phalanx of destructive, pro-gay, pro-abort, "pigs at the trough" cabinet, subcabinet, and judicial appointees.

Your state, Texas hasn't voted, but even if he pulls out a win against dead broke Newt Gingrich, that's no guarantee he can carry Texas against the Marxist, without conservatives coming out in massive numbers to vote for him and I don't think y'all will.

It's a real possibility in 2016, definitely 2020. 2012 though? Texas has been slowing moving left on the demographic front, no denying that. 5 out of the 6 largest cities went for Obama, and more people either voted for Obama or didn't care if he was elected and stayed home than voted for McCain/Palin. Texas is a minority-majority state, and all of the folks moving here from California, New England, and Florida are starting to take a toll.

I think 2012 could be the last time Texas votes Republican in the Presidential election. Hispanics are about to pass up whites and the Democrats are doing a better job of catering to them.