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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Some more interesting tidbits from Nate Silver's 538 blog....added in EV totals [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)32. I do too...
He will be operating from a point of weakness, and I am sure he will come unglued. I mean really, how dare Obama show up the precious Mittster prep-school entitled elitist?
People think George Bush Sr. was dumb, but I actually think Mitt is dumber. Bush was a good ol' boy who was just naturally informal and awkward.
Mitt tries to act as if he's the smartest person in the universe, but really he's said and done things that are far worse than Junior. The problem is--everyone can see the disparity between what he projects and what he really is--a dunderhead.
If it weren't for his father, Mitt Romney would be selling shirts at Barney's.
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Some more interesting tidbits from Nate Silver's 538 blog....added in EV totals [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
OP
On MTP today, Romney came out and said he would appoint SC justices who
coalition_unwilling
Sep 2012
#49
just returned to this and edited my OP with more info - should be helpful for you!
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
#24
It's a little hard for me to believe with the citizen's united media blitz and the press
mucifer
Sep 2012
#17
I actually think they may be better - let the DNC bounce settle in, then the debates.
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
#23
Kicking because I did a bit of data addition to the OP and some number crunching
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
#25
They can only go so dirty. There isn't much of an audience left to be influenced by
morningfog
Sep 2012
#28
they've been as dirty as can be in NC, to no real advantage at this point!
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2012
#29
This is not a horse race. This is going to be an Obama landslide. The only question is
craigmatic
Sep 2012
#30
If you're too lazy to write out in words EV at the first usage I'm not going to read your post.
xtraxritical
Sep 2012
#36
Despite Corbett's and Turzai's best efforts, the voter ID bullshit isn't going to swing PA.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#50