Different time different election. First the electorate is very polarized. I believe most have made there minds up. Second Romney has comited political malpractice. I have made this comment before. Mittens is a lousy campaigner. I am not sure he could turn on a light bulb let alone the electorate. People loved Reagan he was plain spoken and always saw the good and communicated that. Does anyone think Mitt is capable of that? Say what you want about Obama and his gang but they are seasoned pros that understand politics. They have Mitt responding to them every day. Last item is where is Mitt spending money? Is he expanding the map? No, he is not. He is advertising in NV, CO, IA, NH, NC, VA, OH, Fl. This is a fact. So that means he has ceded MI, WI, PA. This means the electoral college is at 243-191 Obama. The remaining states Mitt is up barely in NC. Obama is up barely in Fl. The others are up more substantially for Obama. Mitt would need to turn almost all of the around. With his skills? So you can say Reagan came back but with the polorized nation without something catistrophic to Obama I am concentrating on down ballot. The senate is going to be hard. Maine is a flip. I think we gain in MO. MA is tight, ND is tight, Nevada AZ, MT, IN and VA are coin Flips right now. I am afraid Mitt could screw us there.
You may be proven right. I don’t think it’s as bad as you do. If it turns out Romney doesn’t get the votes, what do you think the reason would be? Lousy candidate? Changing electorate? The fact that he has operated as so much of a statist Leftist in the past?
My take would be the third.
We will see. I expect to see him win by a wide margin.