Mitt Romney lost the election despite having the support of billionaire corporations and CEOs who donated heavily to his campaign. He was so certain of a win, so positive that he had wrapped it up, so to speak, that he didn't even have a concession speech ready until directly before he delivered it. Despite the fact that most Americans saw an out of touch wealthy man who really had no concept of what it meant to struggle financially, neither he nor his campaign staff felt it necessary for him to make changes that would have drawn more supporters.
In fact, Mitt was so confident of a win, that he and his staff didn't have any inkling of anything wrong until the afternoon of the election, when North Carolina didn't immediately go his way. They began to suspect Obama might just win again when people on the ground reported large turnouts in heavily Democratic areas, like northeastern Ohio, Miami-Dade, and northern Virginia.
His campaign adamantly refused to believe the polls reported by the main stream media, believing that they were skewed in favor of Democrats, and as WLTX news reports: "They based their own internal polls on turnout levels more favorable to Romney. That was a grave miscalculation, as they would see on election night."
In other words, the GOP campaign was run in a bubble; a bubble that excluded mainstream Americans. It was a bubble that excluded reality, and real people, a bubble that convinced Obama haters that what the Republican stood for was what the entire nation wanted. It was a bubble that popped violently on election night when President Obama won the Electoral College in a landslide, and won the popular vote in with 50.4 percent to 48.1 percent. That is only a margin of 2.3 percent, but it was more than enough for an Obama win, and the GOP ticket failed to sway enough voters to their side because they were too confident.
His off-the-cuff 47 percent remark, which was secretly recorded at a private donor party certainly didn't help. Ann also revealed that she would not be a First Lady for the people when she called average Americans "you people," and when she tried to scold people for criticizing her husband with her "stop it, this is hard," tirade. Her comment about Mitt's temper tantrums certainly didn't help win any followers, either.
But the reality is, the Republican campaign had a billion dollars to work with, through wealthy donors, to help convince the public to vote for their candidate. That was more money than Obama had to work with. And instead of winning, as Karl Rove pompously believed, the money was squandered on hateful ads and character assassinations, instead of focusing on the issues. Perhaps if Chris Christie hadn't praised the president's leadership after Sandy hit, things might have been different. But Romney surrogates who ordered the New Jersey governor to reaffirm his commitment to Mitt did more damage, and only reinforced the image of an incumbent willing to reach across the aisle to a formerly hostile adversary, while conservative leaders thumping their chests looked like forsaken school yard bullies.
While Barack Obama still faces the challenges of a bitterly divided electorate, the fact remains that the Republican party has some serious soul searching to do, and it does not involve moving even further to the right.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore
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Comments: 52
Seems that R. F. doesn't care much for the guy and being a New Jersey native, I will assume that R. F. has insight into the man and his politics, which thus far has not been made available to the general public.
Guess we will learn alot more about Gov. Christie and Mr. Rubio between now and 2016.
oh, a party man.
If Christie had hopes of running for president (and, sadly, when was the last time a plump man won the nomination, let alone the presidency) he can forget about it now. Republicans would eat their own spleen before forgiving him.
Four years can be both a long and a short period time in American politics. Hated today by many, loved tomorrow by a whole political party. With Chris Christie, at present, we have no way of knowing which way the political love/hate relationship wind will blow.
As to his size and statue, I think he carries himself well, in an intimidating manner which makes him look the part of a dude you don't want to mess with. His size and demeanor kinda reminds me of a Hollywood created style Mob Boss.
My bet, barring any unforeseen health problems, both he and Mr. Rubio will be in the running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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Excellent analogy.
And a bayonet.
Romney was a victim of the Republican wacko party, he had to go so far to the right in the primary that people would not believe that he could swing back to the center, especially given the strange comments about bets, the 47%, still lowering taxes, picking Paul Ryan, and then the very peculiar comments of Republican candidates about rape, and women, and gays, and whatever.
The other major goof was his steadfast refusal to explain his plans for what he would do after elected ... at least AFTER "Day One".
What a weird election, and what a weird government we now have. It does not bode well for the country.
what a weird government we now have. It does not bode well for the country.
Please hold off on the doom and gloom predictions, at least until after the President has completed negotiations with the leaders of both Houses of Congress on pending issues.
my comments are my business
Like all self centered individuals, you seem to not understand that what you post here on GN is open for readers scurtiny, honest discussion and/or contributing debate by all other GN members.
As to your above comment, I agree, such doom and gloom thinking belongs solely to you and you alone. It's your mentally created problems to cry about. It's your's to invent excuses to place blame on all others for the mental anguish you are experiencing. It's your's to use as a means for self pity and personal agony. It's your self made hell of mental misery and it all belongs to no other, save you and you alone.
I, further agree, that you own it all and are responsible for every word of what you wrote in your comment above. It's your's, right down to the period following the last printed word of your continuous child like vengeful complaining and expressed mournful crying.
With that said, as a GN member, I will respond to any comment posted on a GN article, including those posted by you, whenever I so desire. Being a Libertarian does not give you any special place among the membership. Neither does your chosen political affiliation provide you with any right to go unchallenged when you post negative remarks against the U.S. Government and/or any of our elected Prepresentatives.
You self destructive, Ron Paul Libertarians, never seem to know when the time has come to cease being disparaging detractors for the common good of our nation.
So be it, stew in your own hell of self pity, but do so, knowing that you will get no sympathy whatsoever from me.
Isn't it GREAT!
At times, Silence is really Golden.
Actually that is incorrect. The Obama Campaign raised more funds from Corporations than Romney.
Proof:
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-raises-more-cash-obama-early-weeks-october-013728796.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CRd7Z9QBFoAM0vQtDMD
Hello OP!
There is a Republican Liberty Caucus, but the Romney vote-suppression machine has driven some of the base out for good, probably.
This is another thing the machine did not have a clue about. If you shoot your own people, and they survive, they may go under-ground, witness-protection and all that.
= best line of the whole article.
And guess who said 'The person that agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor'
answer - Ronald Reagan as Governor of Calif, while chastising his staff for cancelling on their own an appointment he'd set for a long time ally who disagreed with the Gov on welfare reform. Ronnie would get drummed out of the party today for making such a statement wouldn't he? And those staff minions learned nothing. In fact have gotten worse the higher they've risen in the party... IMHO.
The logjam is a crisis in American values that lag a hundred years behind the Western reality of all the other developed countries, and the longer we are held back by Republicans the worse our country will fare.
Of course dysfunction and disease is going to strike where you cannot see it, and the psychological and sociological borders of American being free and open, and UNDEFENDED where a prime target, first from inside, but eventually from outside as well.
And the likely suspect in my opinion is Saudi Arabia with its huge amount of money, and "classified" secret amount of investment in the American economy, and a convenient cover, the Israelis, who they leverage anti-Semitism and Muslim hate for in America and manipulate us with by lobbyists and consultants.
The American people really have to step up here, there is not much else that can decide to topple this cancerous problem, no matter who it is or what it turns out to be, the only way to get past it is to topple the current order, financial industry, energy industry, the tyranny of corporate capital that can be controlled from anywhere covertly.