Posted on 08/04/2012 11:56:32 PM PDT by Innovative
Liberals don't want to jinx it. It terrifies the right. And the press would prefer a nail-biter. But the fact is that finding Romney's path to victory is getting harder every day.
There's a secret lurking behind everything you're reading about the upcoming election, a secret that all political insiders know—or should—but few are talking about, most likely because it takes the drama out of the whole business. The secret is the electoral college, and the fact is that the more you look at it, the more you come to conclude that Mitt Romney has to draw an inside straight like you've never ever seen in a movie to win this thing. This is especially true now that it seems as if Pennsylvania isn't really up for grabs. Romney's paths to 270 are few.
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I think much of the information being outed that shows Romney behind, is a product of the DNCp.
Romney is no Reagan, but they had Reagan down 19 points against Carter at one point. Romney isn’t getting swept away.
Black pastors are furious with Obama over the same sex marriage thing. Independents are off the Obama band wagon. Republicans who are scared to death, are going to back Romney.
Folks who are asked if they are better off today, than they were when Bush left office are going to have a very clear answer.
I might add, the people who swamped Chick-Fil-A aren’t voting for the morality pot hole that is Obama.
Watch the desperation of Obama. He’s tossing anything against the wall he can right now, hoping some will stick.
It isn’t.
I could be wrong, but I’d advise you to keep your powder dry. I’m not convinced at all that Romney is going to lose to the Pres__ent Resident.
If Obama had handed off that situation to Bush, are you telling me you would have attacked Bush for it being his fault? There’s no way in hell you would have done that, and you damn well know it.
Responsible, yes. In the sense that it was on his watch.
But Bush didn't make the mess, D1, the Democrats made it. And it was they who pulled the plug and let the mess flood out and drown the economy -- because they sensed the electoral timing was right.
Bush and the Republicans are in for their share of the blame, to be sure.
But it was the the Democrats who cooked up the mess and then timed its release for maximum adverse effect on the country!
One side deserves horsewhipping. The other deserves the guillotine.
Shouldn’t Romney be bending over backwards to get the conservative vote?
Instead of the etch-a-scetch attitude?
And if Romney loses, who then is really to blame?
Possibly Romney or are you going to come crying about it to me?
As usual, nearly 100 posts and not even a mention of ONE specific action that Hillary Romney intends.
Maybe it’s because an already, by intention, dismantled representative government, is ready for the real crackdown on the We The People, with Massachusetts Hillary Romney.
Last chance, will be to nullify Hillary Romney at or before the Fall convention.
Just more of the same as you know...it's all illusion.
Pauline Kael, movie critic for the New Yorker.
Pauline Kael, movie critic for the New Yorker.
“So why do you talk like the Tea Party is the first-ever conservative revolution?”
Because I’ve not seen anything like it in my lifetime. In the late 70s, there was the Silent Majority...and that’s what we were...silent.
I remember the Carter years very well. I won’t say we “lived” through them because we didn’t “live.” We existed, much like today, except with loan shark interest rates and high inflation...stagflation. I think both are not far behind, especially if Obama is re-elected.
I’m so thankful that Reagan was the nominee. No one thought he had a chance, though, and even many who voted for him didn’t like him. It’s strange to think that many thought him to be too conservative.
In 1994, I watched the most enjoyable CNN programming I’ve ever seen. To see the looks on the libs faces, and to see the conservatives so happy, told me we were in for an extremely good night. And, to see Clinton say that he was not irrelevant was priceless.
This time is so much different. We have so many tools that we can use to communicate. I’m particularly excited about Twitter this election cycle.
I will never proudly cast a vote for Romney, but I would never wish another Obama term on this country. He will do his own legislating with EOs, and we can’t take any more of his “governing.” I believe the damage he would inflict would be beyond repair.
We are at the brink...I hope you know that, and will cast your vote wisely.
It all depends upon the elected Congress and Senate doesn’t it? He may have no choice if he is going against the majority of the people. That is why the Tea Party is looking at State level instead of the Federal elections.
We can and will have control with State elections.
Interesting, if kinda scary, article. I think Romney’s chances are considerably better than Tomasky’s take, though I also think any Romney victory is likely going to be close, electorally speaking.
I’ve been saying for months we need to get any notion of a 1980-esque GOP landslide out of our heads. The numbers, and the demographics, just aren’t there. A victorious Mitt Romney will probably have something closer to Dubya’s 2004 EV win than anything else.
As for an Obama landslide...it could happen, but I really don’t think it will. This isn’t 2008, and Romney, flawed though he is, is fighting far harder than McCain ever did. It may not be enough, but I think it will be close right up until the end.
The idea, if there is clearly evidence that the Coffee Server is a shoe-in, then Hillary-Romney is convinced by the delegates to step aside for a Real, vs. government rigged, candidate.
Neither of these set-up are representative of the majority.
No chance of an Obama landslide but there is a chance of a Romney landslide. Unfortunately, way too many Conservatives are reluctant to vote so it will be close and Obama just might squeak by. If that happens, we will need some heavenly help to survive.
I’m with you, that’s because we probably share similar DNA .
“He may have no choice if he is going against the majority of the people”
He already is.
Yes, your right, but it will take a majority in the House and Senate to make a difference.
“He may have no choice if he is going against the majority of the people”
He already is.
And time for him to step aside already.
Oh bull. There’s pessimism, and then there’s just plain willful blindness.
Do you have even the slightest clue what you have posted here?
NO HOPE = NO FUTURE!
You’re now chanting Obama’s “HOPE” in support of Romney.
And why wouldn’t you? That’s all you’ve got.
“And time for him to step aside already.”
And if he doesn’t then is delusional.
Heh, well with your pessimism, I can understand how you would think that. I have hope for a non-Greece outcome, do you with your attitude?
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