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In reply to the discussion: Romney stands a good chance of being elected President [View all]redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)2. In any case, we know what the rhetoric will be from the Democrats:
If Obama wins, it will be because of his "pragmatic centrist compromises". If Obama loses, it will because "professional far-left Naderites undermined him".
Pesonally, I am not so pessimistic. Romney really does suck and he doesn't have the Christians behind him.
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We see it a lot in the Primaries, but how many of them win in the general elections?
1-Old-Man
Aug 2012
#59
I do have to agree that if Obama loses the mainstream line throughout the media and the political
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#16
Oh that's a guarantee...."America rejects Obama's Socialist Agenda" will be the Faux News line...
truebrit71
Aug 2012
#44
I disagree. I've been watching all the electoral map predictions, I can't see Romney getting 270.
Tx4obama
Aug 2012
#5
+1,...and neither candidate in the primary was "hated" like rMoney is. If Clinton won I would suppor
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#45
of course, one would have to be an utter fool not to understand that Romney has very good chance
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#11
The voters who are racist enough not to vote for a black man are already wingnuts
Major Nikon
Aug 2012
#23
If they're smart, they'd know this shite economy is not at all Obama's fault.
HughBeaumont
Aug 2012
#43
I wish I were as confident as some that it's a shoe-in. It's close, and an economic shock
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#37
Yep, once ex-President Dole starts campaigning for him, it will be a real contest. nt
bemildred
Aug 2012
#38
Against your list of indisputable points, I would simply counter with three counter-points:
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#41
any who thinks this election is a shoe-in for Obama or does not realized just how reactionary a
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#60
Californians rejected two CEO types who threw obscene amounts of monies into their campaigns...
Tikki
Aug 2012
#64