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Related: About this forum"Why Is Romney Such a Loser? Seven Theories" by John Cassidy at the New Yorker
Why Is Romney Such a Loser? Seven TheoriesPosted by John Cassidy at the New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/09/why-is-romney-such-a-loser.html#ixzz2799np1pe
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Whats gone wrong for Romney? Here are seven possible explanations:
1. The Romney campaign is incompetent. In a column a couple of days ago, Peggy Noonan, the former White House speech writer for Ronald Reagan, said publicly what many Republicans have been saying in private for months: Its time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. Its not big, its not brave, its not thoughtfully tackling great issues. Its always been too small for the moment. Stuart Stevens, Romneys mercurial campaign manager, is the piñata of the moment, with Republicans blaming him for everything from failing to settle on a clear message, hogging too much responsibility inside Team Romneyhes in charge of speech-writing and advertising, as well as overall strategyand bungling Romneys speech at the convention. Stevens sold himself as a kind of mad genius, Noonan noted acidly. I get the mad part.
2. Romney is incompetent. No big-name Republican has come right out and said this, but many are increasingly convinced of it, especially following the emergence of the forty-seven per cent video. Bill Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard, called Romneys comments on the video stupid and arrogant. In a column in Thursdays Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove, who has been one of Romneys biggest supporters, noted, Theres little tolerance among Republican donors, activists and talking heads for more statements by Mr. Romney that the media can depict as gaffes. It seems that almost every week lately Romney has had to walk back, or clarify, something embarrassing hes said.
3. Its all the G.O.P.s fault. A month ago, on the eve of the Republican convention, I wrote a post saying that Romneys main handicap wasnt his campaign manager or his tendency to trip himself up but the fact that he was running as the representative of such an extremist and unpopular party. Its a protest movement rather than a party of government, I wrote. Even in the most favorable circumstances, its barely electable at the national level. That still seems right. Even after his problems, Romneys approval ratings (low forties) are running about ten points ahead of the G.O.P.s ratings (low thirties).
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"Why Is Romney Such a Loser? Seven Theories" by John Cassidy at the New Yorker (Original Post)
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Sep 2012
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Freddie
(9,256 posts)1. 8. He makes C. Montgomery Burns look like Santa Claus
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. They're vile, depraved and stupid.
Despite being willing to do their utter worst to make the US suck, they are too incompetent to capitalize on the problems they've caused.
They're willing to do anything including lying, cheating and stealing to win but they're too stupid to close the deal.