Sun Sep 23, 2012, 04:25 PM

David Brooks: Mitt Romney Is 'The Least Popular Candidate In History' (VIDEO)

Source: Huffington Post

After a rocky week that saw plenty of conservatives break away from Mitt Romney, New York Times columnist David Brooks summed up the state of affairs on Sunday.

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"Look at his high unfavorable ratings," host David Gregory said. "At 50%. The highest of any candidate running in recent memory. This is an image problem that his philosophical statements in this speech in May to fundraisers only exacerbates."

Brooks did not mince words, calling Romney "the least popular candidate in history."

"He has to look at what the president's weakness is," Brooks said. "He's never gonna win a popularity contest."

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/23/david-brooks-mitt-romney_n_1907400.html

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David Brooks: Mitt Romney Is 'The Least Popular Candidate In History' (VIDEO) (Original post)	highplainsdem	Sep 2012	OP
Brooks is just as bad toooooo.	Iliyah	Sep 2012	#1
David Brooks is smart.	Quantess	Sep 2012	#3
He's got his eye on George Will's handmedown sock garters	Tom Ripley	Sep 2012	#5
I'm no fan of David Brooks, but this is great!	red dog 1	Sep 2012	#2
"Obama has no second term agenda. He's intellectually exausted." Oh, fuck off Brooks!	RBInMaine	Sep 2012	#9
Why unleash your anger at me?	red dog 1	Sep 2012	#11
At last Romney succeeds in something on his own merit!	randome	Sep 2012	#4
Only 1% can relate to Mitts	skeewee08	Sep 2012	#6
I'll read it,	secondvariety	Sep 2012	#7
I can't stand David Brooks! He is forced to tell the truth right now. I'm sure he doesn't like it.	L0oniX	Sep 2012	#8
I wrote that the other day, being somewhat facetious, now i'm thinking I was right. geez. nt	progressivebydesign	Sep 2012	#10
Popular Candidate In History	JohnColston	Sep 2012	#12

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:28 PM

Iliyah (2,357 posts)

1. Brooks is just as bad toooooo.

Pot met kettle, kettle met pot. The GOP ideology sucks and it is finally catching up with the American public.

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Response to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:49 PM

Quantess (23,952 posts)

3. David Brooks is smart.

He has not allowed the tea bagger movement to push him any farther to the right than he already was. He will have a career after Romney is forgotten.

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Response to Quantess (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 06:50 PM

Tom Ripley (2,645 posts)

5. He's got his eye on George Will's handmedown sock garters

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:44 PM

red dog 1 (708 posts)

2. I'm no fan of David Brooks, but this is great!

Thanks to highplainsdem for posting it.

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Response to red dog 1 (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 09:08 PM

RBInMaine (9,455 posts)

9. "Obama has no second term agenda. He's intellectually exausted." Oh, fuck off Brooks!

His agenda is to continue to fix the economy, end the war in Afghanistan, end the Bush tax cuts for the rich, save and improve Medicare and SS, work on the debt in the right way, and, hopefully, do it all with help of Democratic congress. And what is MittTwit's agenda? Selling off the country to the highest bidder and stealing for the poor and middle class to continue to line the pockets of his corporate cronies doubling down in trickle down.

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Response to RBInMaine (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:02 PM

red dog 1 (708 posts)

11. Why unleash your anger at me?

Why don't you direct your rage at the OP?

I was merely expressing my feelings about the fact that David brooks actually called Romney "the least popular candidate in history" on national television.

I hadn't watched the video yet when I made that comment.

I hadn't heard his comments about "Obama has no second term agenda.
He's intellectually exhausted."

I was reacting to the OP, not to the video.

Lighten up, I'm on your side!

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:53 PM

randome (12,705 posts)