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4. Romney miscalculated that the electorate looked like it did during the Bush years

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:59 AM

Nov 2012

It turned out to be dominated by folks he had deliberately and studiedly left out of his campaign appeal. Indeed, his campaign was often at odds with the majority of folks who ended up making the ultimate choice in this election.

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I find the scale of the victory somewhat astonishing. [View all] sibelian Nov 2012 OP

DUh. ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2012 #1

Don't do that, please. sibelian Nov 2012 #2

I attribute it to one major thing......President Obama Bandit Nov 2012 #36

I agree, I think. sibelian Nov 2012 #42

The overwhelming mediocrity and mendacity of the competition? nt babylonsister Nov 2012 #3

Hmmmm. sibelian Nov 2012 #5

I believe that w stole both 2000 and 2004 elections. yardwork Nov 2012 #12

OK. Well, what that might suggest is that they can't win anymore. Ever. Even by cheating. sibelian Nov 2012 #16

The Republicans will have to adapt or get better at stealing elections. yardwork Nov 2012 #22

Romney miscalculated that the electorate looked like it did during the Bush years bigtree Nov 2012 #4

Down to demographics? sibelian Nov 2012 #6

policy happened to be the main concern of those 'demographics' bigtree Nov 2012 #15

Well, of course... sibelian Nov 2012 #24

I think the policies of the GOP were clearly aimed at the demographics, in a sense. djean111 Nov 2012 #18

It did for me. DCKit Nov 2012 #27

Two points stick in my mind JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #7

Your second point sounds right. sibelian Nov 2012 #10

I think and have been saying well before election day that trying to efhmc Nov 2012 #8

That too. The victory would have been wider ecstatic Nov 2012 #13

It is astonishing, isn't it? ThirdEye Nov 2012 #9

Yes, I think the extremism is a factor. sibelian Nov 2012 #14

Actually, I don't disagree ThirdEye Nov 2012 #35

Romney conducted himself in an offensive manner ecstatic Nov 2012 #11

The Democratic Party's greatest weapon was the Republican Party. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #17

Well, I'd like to be a little more optimistic than that... sibelian Nov 2012 #43

Mitt Romney can not hold momentum Pbs1914 Nov 2012 #19

We have won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 presidential elections. dawg Nov 2012 #20

An Incredible Ignorance Of Math CTDem44 Nov 2012 #21

Part of it was the Rethuglican clown car. MoonRiver Nov 2012 #23

Took the words right out of my mouth. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #25

It's attributed to the free flow of information. jpljr77 Nov 2012 #26

I think Obama is a helluva lot more popular than the Republicans supposed. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #28

I really hope you're right about Reaganite "values". sibelian Nov 2012 #39

Rachel Maddow said that the demise of the GOP rape caucus VWolf Nov 2012 #29

A full rejection of the RW nutjob agenda bhikkhu Nov 2012 #30

The new silent majority are liberals and moderates. Jennicut Nov 2012 #31

I think those are good points. sibelian Nov 2012 #41

I think Romney's idiotic lie regarding Jeep moving jobs to China had a huge impact, Tennessee Gal Nov 2012 #32

Yes, that was completely bizarre. sibelian Nov 2012 #44

As in most things, I think there were many reasons... Spazito Nov 2012 #33

I'm no big fan of 'marketing' and 'marketers' but Obama's team did a coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #34

Pissed off women. nt barnabas63 Nov 2012 #37

keep in mind nearly half the country voted for Romney quinnox Nov 2012 #38

Obama's Amazing Campaign Team and Volunteers. Whisp Nov 2012 #40