[jocon307]

Thank you. I knew about Regan/Carter but I didn’t realize about Dukakis/Bush. And that was AFTER he was, literally “in the tank” and after he gave that creepy response to the debate question about his wife being raped and murdered.

Although, that was a pretty smarmy question. If Dukakis had gone all Gingrich on the questioner’s butt, who knows where we’d be today?

I understand the lack of love for Romney, but aside from those who chose not to run (like Palin or Christie or whoever) which of the contenders would have been better?

Yeah, we THOUGHT some of them would have been better, Perry for example....but they imploded. That’s not Romney’s fault.

And let’s face it...it isn’t so much that Romney deserves to win (a case can be made for it, or course) but Obama DESERVES TO LOSE.

If the American VOTERS can’t see that with their own eyes, I don’t know who, how, or with what plan(s) could make them see it.

[LS]

Reagan/Carter doesn't hold up because of the presence of a STRONG 3d party candidate John Anderson. He had 21% in that pre-election poll. But in the general, all but 6% of them went back to Reagan. There is no such person in these polls.

I still don't think there is any way 50% of the public wants Obama, though.