2016 Postmortem

Laura PourMeADrink

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4. Good point ! ..assuming he knew he was going to lose. Only those close to

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:12 PM

Nov 2012

him probably know for sure. Great idea to trace the ad money

Assuming he didn't know and that he was shocked....If this is true, it tells you something very important about this man. That (1) His staff was afraid to tell him the truth (Like: "Our internals are WAY out of line with other polls, so don't get excited.&quot , and (2) No one in his immediate family was bright enough to look at the other polls and if they did, were afraid to tell him.

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Turns out Romney's internal polls needed the unskewing [View all] DonViejo Nov 2012 OP

Couldn't have happened to a nicer pillock... truebrit71 Nov 2012 #1

Hehe mzteaze Nov 2012 #2

But what many don't seem to understand is ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #3

Good point ! ..assuming he knew he was going to lose. Only those close to Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #4

Did the campaign end with a surplus? BlueStreak Nov 2012 #6

What did their polls say about Ohio? BlueStreak Nov 2012 #5

Romney +a brazillion Happyhippychick Nov 2012 #7

I don't know. There was a rumor floating around CNN on election night that said his internals... Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #8

That feels right to me BlueStreak Nov 2012 #10

Romney had NO CHANCE of winning against Obama the election was over before it started bigdarryl Nov 2012 #9