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Yesterday I projected ahead why I felt Mitt Romney would lose in a close election to President Obama. The three main factors that led me to my conclusion were: 1)Not being able to personally maximize the turnout of WHITE conservative/evangelical voters or motivate them to come out and support him 2)Not holding Obama to 13% of the conservative vote (what the Democrats got in the 2010 midterms) and/or facilitating the establishment of a 3rd party to bleed conservative votes away from him 3)Not being able to win the white working class vote by 30 points as the GOP did in...

Yo, Scott Rasmussen: Chris Christie is NOT running. And no-one should have been surprised that Mike Huckabee, Mitch Daniels, and Donald Trump aren't running either. Can you give us a REAL poll, of who is running, not who you wish were running? Come on, Larry Sabato: we know you keep track up with what conservatives are thinking by reading Free Republic. How about you? Frank Luntz: You know how popular Herman Cain is, when people get to hear of him. Can't you get us a real poll? Instead of trying to determine who's viable for the electorate, how about letting...

Donald Trump is the latest Republican to bail out of the 2012 presidential race, joining Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour. Doesn’t anybody want the GOP nomination? Eleanor Clift on why the contest can’t draw a crowd. Running for president is not for the faint-hearted. The level of personal scrutiny is intense, the financial demands daunting, and the chance of winning iffy against a well-funded incumbent.