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2016 Postmortem

rocktivity

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6. Smart? Resourceful? Dangerous to underestimate?

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 08:01 PM

Nov 2012

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That may describe the Mitt Romney who Kennedy used to lock horns with. But the Romney I saw during this campaign came across as clueless when he should have been smart, reckless when he should have been resourceful, and as a result, embarrassingly predictable:

I'm not saying that Kennedy's advice didn't help -- just that Romney's behavior helped even more. Either he got a lot of really bad advice (divine or otherwise), or he got good advice that he didn't want to listen to.

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Amazingly, Before He Died Ted Kennedy Tutored Democrats on How to Beat Romney [View all] Tx4obama Nov 2012 OP

Ha! Left with nothing but his charm. n/t Laurian Nov 2012 #1

Fascinating! nt Mme. Defarge Nov 2012 #2

Charm? More like a huge creep out factor. MissMarple Nov 2012 #3

Democrats defined him as a heartless job killer in swing state after swing state. Kolesar Nov 2012 #4

"But political genius lived on".......Amen!!!!! skeewee08 Nov 2012 #5

Smart? Resourceful? Dangerous to underestimate? rocktivity Nov 2012 #6

Democrats ran a damn near perfect campaign lunatica Nov 2012 #7

No doubt the ads were effective OKNancy Nov 2012 #8

3 of 5 items in your list ARE the ads. allrevvedup Nov 2012 #9

"Charm" ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #10

Ted Kennedy was right LukeFL Nov 2012 #11

Thanks, Ted. For everything. n/t BouzoukiKing Nov 2012 #12

Thank you senator Kennedy. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #13

Teddy died in 2009 chuckstevens Nov 2012 #14

I read the other day that Deval Patrick can legally appoint himself to the Senate seat :) Tx4obama Nov 2012 #15

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