And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.
And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.
Finished investigations? - Not with this administration blocking every move...voter IDS, Benghazi, the IRS, NSA and does anyone even remember Fast and Furious? As hillary said about Benghazi - it doesn’t matter...and she may be right. And we seem powerless to do a damn thing about it.
And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.
Finished investigations? - Not with this administration blocking every congressional move...voter IDS, Benghazi, the IRS, NSA and does anyone even remember Fast and Furious anymore? As hillary said about Benghazi...it doesn’t matter...she may be right, and we can’t seem to do a damn thing about it.
“And more than 100% turnouts in some precincts. It helped that the DOJ would not allow any State to have voter ID laws.”
The biggest factor was the Republican candidate Romney.
1) He did not fight to win. Just like McCain in 2008.
2) He did not solicit the help of conservatives or the Tea Party which gave the House of Representatives to the Republicans in 2010. In fact he made it very clear he didn’t want their help.
3) He was the architect of socialized health care in Massachusetts and therefore had zero credibility in arguing against Obama’s greatest vulnerability - Obamacare.
4) He was not popular enough in his home state of Massachusetts to come close to winning the state nor was he strong enough to carry his boyhood home state of Michigan.
5) He chose losers to run his campaign thereby undercutting his claim to be a great executive and manager.
6) After winning the first debate with a strong performance his performance in the second and third debates was pathetic. I believe Romney lost the election when he allowed Obama and Candy Crowley to one-two bitch slap him in the second debate. Any swing voters watching saw Romney demonstrate he was too weak to be President by the incumbent and a third rate moderator/reporter.
7) He showed zero passion in the campaign.
8) He allowed his opponent to define him as a wealthy, out of touch aristocrat throughout the campaign.
9) His get out the vote system to coordinate the ground game on election day crashed. This was inexcusable for a candidate whose major positive attribute was his claim to be an accomplished executive and skillful manager.
Yes there was likely some cheating by the Democrats. However, most of the cheating occurred in urban precincts where they have been cheating for decades and much of the cheating occurred in states they would win anyway. Romney lost key states, such as Florida, Ohio, and Virginia which had Republican governors. A shift of 330,000 votes in those states plus New Hampshire would have won the Electoral College for Romney. It wasn’t cheating that lost the election for Romney. It was his lack of vision, his lack of passion, his incoherent message, his poor performance on the stump and at the debates, his poor choice of advisors and executors, he unwillingness to embrace the Tea Party and conservatives, and his inability to execute at the precinct level on election day.
To summarize, Romney lost the election because he was a miserable candidate who failed to demonstrate to swing voters he was better than what they had. As this article points out, when the chips were down Obama and his team fought to win. Voters never saw the fight in Romney.