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2016 Postmortem

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34. They whole thing was a consultant scam to bleed money out of the campaign

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:00 PM

Nov 2012

The smaller factor is they they didn't realize the "independents" included TeaBaggers who no longer called themselves Republicans.

The larger factor is that WE (in the Va - the Kaine campaign I know of first hand) flat out OUT WORKED them. Their ORCA program was a disaster from the techonilogic side to the implementation side....and it was was a scam on their own campaign.

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Why Romney Never Saw It Coming [View all] DonViejo Nov 2012 OP

Am I mistaken? I think they've still got the welfare requirement thing wrong-o. nc4bo Nov 2012 #1

Apparently they believed their own inaccurate spin too! demgrrrll Nov 2012 #2

BINGO! missaj Nov 2012 #4

They are completely delusional. Still believing their own spin. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #6

It's almost like they were brainwashing themselves davidpdx Nov 2012 #17

My thoughts exactly. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #31

That line hit me, too Patiod Nov 2012 #20

you are completely right... satxdem Nov 2012 #7

AA female here. I voted for personal rights, economics and a fair government. LuckyStrykes Nov 2012 #35

turns out Romney was not willing to spend his OWn money on himself lol nt msongs Nov 2012 #3

He was probably selling shares of himself short on Intrade (or buying shares in coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #30

Why do they never talk about policies? justgamma Nov 2012 #5

Exactly. Romney kept saying "I have a plan" Freddie Nov 2012 #26

I'm not buying this crap any more Bad Thoughts Nov 2012 #8

Even the smartest people are prone to delude themselves. Kaleva Nov 2012 #24

KOS has a much, much more plausible antecdote railsback Nov 2012 #9

Thanks for the link, railsback.. As Axe said before the election.. Cha Nov 2012 #12

And another big thing the Romney campaign did not predict was that Samantha Nov 2012 #10

"A Death" in their family.. The Planet Got A Cha Nov 2012 #11

Propaganda to hide the true con game? UCmeNdc Nov 2012 #13

I figured propaganda except for 2 little factoids... magical thyme Nov 2012 #22

Great article, thanks for posting this. Nika Nov 2012 #14

It is a Good Article! just got finished reading it all.. love this excerpt! Cha Nov 2012 #15

Or maybe they're just incredibly out of touch, JBoy Nov 2012 #16

That, and incredibly racist. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #32

More mittenfreude--I can't get enough. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #18

This a Gawd Damn lie! JRLeft Nov 2012 #19

With their heads buried in the sand OldHippieChick Nov 2012 #21

add in anti-youth...because as Obamacare goes into effect, they will greatly benefit. libdem4life Nov 2012 #23

so Romney's team ordered a victory fireworks display!!! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #25

The pyro-techs they hired took the stuff back to the shop. Webster Green Nov 2012 #28

Numbers guy? bongbong Nov 2012 #27

The trouble with spread sheets is that they are two dimensional. Cleita Nov 2012 #29

Never underestimate your opponent. We didn't. They did. ffr Nov 2012 #33

They whole thing was a consultant scam to bleed money out of the campaign underpants Nov 2012 #34

why was Ann crying in Colorado before the election? and a repub statisticisan also predicted Obama amborin Nov 2012 #36