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In reply to the discussion: Romney stands a good chance of being elected President [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)70. absolutely. In fact Obama will not get the nomination in the first place. If he does McCain is
going to clean his clock. Oh wait, nevermind.
If you really believe what you say then you should immediately buy Romney on Intrade. His number is so low that the chance of Portman becoming a VP nominee is almost more expensive than buying Romney to win the Presidency.
We still have to get people registered and get them to vote.
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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