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CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
11. I think this is a good point--and a legitimate mystery...
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 12:01 AM
Nov 2012

I will NEVER understand how Romney was so confident that he didn't even write a concession speech. I'm just a voter from Iowa, and I knew a couple of things: 1.) Although the national polls were close, it was the state polls that counted and Obama definitely had the advantage; 2.) The blowhards on Fox News, as well as Rasmussen and Gallup were cooked polls. Absolutely no doubt.

Ok, if little ol' me--who is not a Harvard-educated, Bain-CEO who saved the Olympics--can understand those realities--why couldn't Mitt Romney and his campaign?

They did internal polling. They had to see the same numbers that the Obama camp did.

Literally, I think they're state of "shock" will remain as one of the great mysteries of our time.

They had to know. But they didn't!

How in the hell can that be?

i'm still stunned that they claim to be stunned. unblock Nov 2012 #1
Election Eve Predictions that Romney Supporters beleived......... louis c Nov 2012 #2
morris especially -- after the election, he even admitted he basically made it up unblock Nov 2012 #5
I'll never believe that they didn't have internals more accurate* than what we were being fed. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #6
I think this is a good point--and a legitimate mystery... CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #11
I'm with you on every point... dchill Nov 2012 #12
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #13
Money talks. HurricaneWarning Nov 2012 #16
You're probably smarter than Weird WiLIARd and more innately in touch with reality TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #29
I think mzteaze Nov 2012 #34
the question is what did they do with those numbers. did they tell rmoney the truth? unblock Nov 2012 #19
So am I. I'll never understand how they could be so cluelesss. nt Raine Nov 2012 #7
isn't this ayn rand at its core samsingh Nov 2012 #3
Birds of a feather flock together. oldbanjo Nov 2012 #4
and he finds this surprising krakfiend Nov 2012 #8
Welcome, Newbie louis c Nov 2012 #25
So the sociopath was out sociopathed. nt Javaman Nov 2012 #9
Good one! n/t zentrum Nov 2012 #14
I was expecting to click here and find another version of that Hitler video. LOL! nt Lisa0825 Nov 2012 #10
The pot calls the kettle black. Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #15
What kind of idiot do you have to be to trust Newt Gingrich? JHB Nov 2012 #17
Honestly Mitt DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #18
The Worst Candidate In Our Lifetimes... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #20
I think WilLIARd was used by men who always profit from elections malaise Nov 2012 #22
The Lust For Power... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #23
I think the party will crush the loonies after 2014 but use them until then malaise Nov 2012 #24
It's so hard not to feel for him jsr Nov 2012 #21
Hypocrisy is THE core Republican Value Berlum Nov 2012 #26
New here, so I'll just dive in Edy Nov 2012 #27
Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #30
I guess you're new louis c Nov 2012 #31
I disagree Edy Nov 2012 #32
You're kidding me, right? louis c Nov 2012 #33
Poor Dan Senor and his wife, Campbell Brown, for that matter.. lying hypocritical Cha Nov 2012 #28
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