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fasttense

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15. I agree with you it wasn't lack of money that lost Romney the campaign
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:49 AM
Nov 2012

Romney lost it because he never really had a chance of winning it. America is turning away from free trade give it all to the idle rich and the economy will be great meme. Romney had the wrong message at the wrong time. Just look at all those other races Democratic candidates won in. There was no shortage of money on the RepubliCON side for the Senate races and other more local races.

People are just fed up with giving welfare to the rich and Romney and Ryan were once again pushing that stupid idea that the idle rich are the only people that matter for a healthy economy.

Notice that Obama wasn't pushing trickle down or more tax give aways to the rich. Notice howe liberal Obama sounded on the campaign. It wasn't money that got out the vote for Obama. It was his liberal message.

Slipped away?? melody Nov 2012 #1
Ironic, no? rock Nov 2012 #3
Exactly.. and with THAT headline they are STILL lying KurtNYC Nov 2012 #30
Sure, WSJ, it was a lack of money! sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #2
Seriously. I rolled my eyes reading that. yardwork Nov 2012 #9
Yeah, that's it! Quantess Nov 2012 #10
What you fail to realize is that while the SuperPacs have unlimited expenses the big burden grantcart Nov 2012 #23
I missed your original post. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2012 #28
Flushed Away. By an America that sees how stanky, corrupt, and fear-driven the Republican soul is Berlum Nov 2012 #4
Excuse me while I have a GOOD GRIEF!! moment. AnnaLee Nov 2012 #5
Sorry, not the reason rtracey Nov 2012 #6
I agree with you it wasn't lack of money that lost Romney the campaign fasttense Nov 2012 #15
Is that excuse #9 or #10? proReality Nov 2012 #7
How it SLIPPED AWAY? WeekendWarrior Nov 2012 #8
+ 1 Botany Nov 2012 #26
Collapsed under the weight of non-stop lies. n/t NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #11
grantcart ..YOU also predicted that Obama goclark Nov 2012 #12
The real problem was that the hard right stances he was forced to take to win the nomination 4lbs Nov 2012 #13
What I don't get is how the Repugs turned from the "candidate you want to have a beer with" to a Liberal In Red State Nov 2012 #14
Yes...and it was rmoney's 'repug god'-driven right to be President...his turn.. Tikki Nov 2012 #17
Because the far right consensus said that Romney was moderate and best able to beat Obama... Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #20
If lack of funds were their only problem, madmom Nov 2012 #16
Rmoney wasted 50% of his money by first telling his SDjack Nov 2012 #18
In the money race in the New York Times it shows when the money was raised and spent. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #19
Any idea how much Willard spent of his own money? snagglepuss Nov 2012 #34
I can't find any indicaiton that he spent any of his own money on the election. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #35
That really is shocking. I wonder what he'll say to Sheldon if they meet up. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #36
Considering the only consistent thing Romney did was flip-flopping, LisaL Nov 2012 #21
Yeah, I'm one of those Americans who decides according to which candidate has more campaign money Coyotl Nov 2012 #22
So the set-up for next time around: SEND MORE MONEY! bhikkhu Nov 2012 #24
Yes. That completely explains it. Grins Nov 2012 #25
I'm still befuddled by the amount of debates they had in the GOP primary, it was annoying. lexw Nov 2012 #27
"Slipped away"....ROFL! SoapBox Nov 2012 #29
This race was over ,,,,,,, Cryptoad Nov 2012 #31
This lost me at "lack of money" Mz Pip Nov 2012 #32
All these articles about "Why Mitt Lost" crack me up. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #33
Locking - not Latest Breaking News muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #37
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