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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:17 PM Aug 2012

If Romney has already screwed the pooch, do you think the Super Pacs will still spend millions more

on him?

Already the undecided are down to 8% and people don't believe Romney can fix the economy. And there is supposedly a point were more money won't change the game. People will tune out more ads.

My only fear is the voter suppression that is going on.

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dimbear

(6,271 posts)
3. There's only one realistic fear: economic downturn. Otherwise this thing is over.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:20 PM
Aug 2012

That won't stop the big money dudes. They're making a good investment, if history serves.

CrispyQ

(36,463 posts)
4. Yes.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:20 PM
Aug 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101638233

Forbes has confirmed that billionaire Sheldon Adelson, along with his wife Miriam, has donated $10 million to the leading Super PAC supporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney–and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaire’s thinking says that further donations will be “limitless.”

more...

Adelson, this source continues, believes that “no price is too high” to protect the U.S. from what he sees as Obama’s “socialization” of America, as well as securing the safety of Israel.



~emphasis added

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
5. I hope so money down the drain...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:20 PM
Aug 2012

They won't get it back and people will be turned off even more to the GOP.

louis-t

(23,292 posts)
6. They will continue, only the ads will get worse.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:20 PM
Aug 2012

No telling what kind of nasty things they will accuse Obama of. Cannibalism, pedophilia...

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
7. when parties think their candidate will lose, they continue to spend so that they don't lose congres
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:23 PM
Aug 2012

They need their base to vote even if base thinks it's hopeless. to win congressional, state, local elections.

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)
8. there is that...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:24 PM
Aug 2012

while not discounting the suppression, my concern is that they pour so much money down ticket that we cant keep the senate, or take back the house.. look at the havoc they have played in the states since 2010..(much of the cause of the said suppression)

malaise

(268,993 posts)
11. ReTHUGs are probably rerouting the SuperPac money for themselves
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:30 PM
Aug 2012

They know Rmoney is going down big time

BlueinOhio

(238 posts)
12. Super Pac?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:33 PM
Aug 2012

I am beginning to wonder if he is his own super pac. With all that hidden money and no way to track who contributes. He really really wants to be in charge. I dont know if this is true or not but it is being mentioned that most of his twitter follwers are fake.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
13. Of course they'll continue.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:39 PM
Aug 2012

We're not talking about lower profits from fairly compensated American workers here. We're talking about something that really matters to these people. Power.

There's no limit to the amount of money they'll spend to attemt to buy an American president.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
15. People are smart enough to know that
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:37 PM
Aug 2012

a business man would not make a good president! The only purpose of a business is to make the people at the top a lot of money.

Bucky

(54,005 posts)
16. Yes, they'll spend the money anyway. It's not that much to them and it'll clip Obama's coat tails
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:50 PM
Aug 2012

They still need to protect their tax breaks from a Congress Democratic enough to bring us back to Clinton Era level prosperity. So yes, the SuperPac money will flow like a mountain spring in March. They'll need it since once Romney's going downhill in the polls, their grassroots support will dry up.

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