Lawrence O'Donnell: Rewriting the Romney cheerleaders

[maddiemom]

8. Working the phones for President Obama locally, in a largely Republican area,

the election results didn't surprise me in the least. We identified ourselves as with the Obama campaign, but were largely gauging the degree of support for either candidate, and why. Those who supported the President were usually very clear as to why. The others were mostly just voting against Obama. No one had anything positive to say for Romney, and a few weren't even sure who he was (one woman just said she wouldn't vote for "the Black guy," phrased more politely than SHE did). On election day a man walked in to ask if we had any yard signs left. He said he'd been planning to vote for Mitt, but once in the voting booth, changed his mind. Now he'd like an Obama sign for his yard to show his neighbors his change of heart. NO one was much in support of Romney, just voting against Obama.