Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:13 PM

gabeana (1,478 posts)

I don't understand why Romney would double down on this

but more power to him

Mitt Romney's campaign confirmed that he still supports Richard Mourdock and has not asked Mourdock's campaign to pull the ad Romney made in support of his Senate candidacy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/mitt-romney-richard-mourdock_n_2007559.html

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
I don't understand why Romney would double down on this (Original post)	gabeana	Oct 2012	OP
K&R	tk2kewl	Oct 2012	#1
He wants the militant anti-choice vote.	madaboutharry	Oct 2012	#2
He can have it. The evangelical south is already his.	democrat_patriot	Oct 2012	#4
Nobody outside their bubble has yet	Flashmann	Oct 2012	#3
Romnesia	ProSense	Oct 2012	#5
Willard is rich. He is privileged, he hates being corrected	rustydog	Oct 2012	#6
Sheer political calculation. But I think that since Mittens stands by	TwilightGardener	Oct 2012	#7
It's simple. At this point they think Mourdock can still win. They think Akin can't.	DefenseLawyer	Oct 2012	#8
All hands on deck to minimize damage in Congress since Romney ship is going down	soleft	Oct 2012	#9
Correct (I think)	WinTwins	Oct 2012	#11
Because the GOP does not consider women human	ProfessionalLeftist	Oct 2012	#10

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:14 PM

tk2kewl (12,648 posts)

1. K&R

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:14 PM

madaboutharry (21,229 posts)

2. He wants the militant anti-choice vote.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:16 PM

democrat_patriot (2,766 posts)

4. He can have it. The evangelical south is already his.

Was he worried if he bailed on Mourdock it would hurt him in Indiana?

Even Pence walked away.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:16 PM

Flashmann (1,965 posts)

3. Nobody outside their bubble has yet

Told those inside that this might be a bad thing....Those inside the bubble,most especially willard himself,are incapable of reasoning through to this conclusion......

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:17 PM

ProSense (98,278 posts)

5. Romnesia

Give it another few hours, he'll say he didn't mean it

Mitt tries to distance himself from Mourdock's rape comment after starring
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021621280

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:21 PM

rustydog (8,103 posts)

6. Willard is rich. He is privileged, he hates being corrected

He hates being shown to be wrong by those lesser than him...

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:23 PM

TwilightGardener (39,683 posts)

7. Sheer political calculation. But I think that since Mittens stands by

his endorsement of a sick man who says God wants rape to happen, then we should make him OWN that endorsement.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:26 PM

DefenseLawyer (8,399 posts)

8. It's simple. At this point they think Mourdock can still win. They think Akin can't.

The calculation begins and ends there.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:28 PM

soleft (18,531 posts)

9. All hands on deck to minimize damage in Congress since Romney ship is going down

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:58 PM

WinTwins (13 posts)

11. Correct (I think)

My working hypothesis is that Romney has already been told by his campaign that he lost. He knew he was at the brink of losing during the last debate, thus his flop sweat. The second debate was Romney's Hail-Mary pass. Pass incomplete. We was unable to sway the demographics he needed. Early voting, especially in key counties and districts, combined with the Obama's Mamouth GOTV efforts have closed Romney's Electoral College path. Everything we see from Romney is Kabuki theatre to maintain Republican enthusiasm. I believe the polls will reflect that in the next few days, and beginning to show Obama's momentum now. I don't believe Ohio will decide this race, only because the polls close in NC and Virginia first. Romney was never really ahead in this race beyond some opinion polls, and time has run out for him to catch up.

Stay scared and maybe we can get Congress, too. Cheers.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:54 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

10. Because the GOP does not consider women human

If you think about it, that attitude is behind many of these outrageous statements. Not at all acceptable but certainly explains it.

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