SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 1, 2012 15:38:12 GMT -5
I don't know why anyone ever thought this was a race.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 6, 2012 23:09:20 GMT -5
Well, tonight provides yet another hiccup for the Romney campaign. Alex Castellanos refers to it as a "near-death experience," even without all of the Ohio results in. At the very least, maybe continued Romney weakness will allow a serious debate between the moderate and conservative wings of the party.
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Post by Boz on Mar 7, 2012 9:13:35 GMT -5
Yeah, it sure was an awful night for Romney. Umm, what?? This is why I don't watch the news anymore. I still watch O'Reilly once in a while, but that's about it. Most other programs, yes including on Fox, I can last about two minutes before I get fed up with their BS. Even Morning Joe, which used to be the only MSNBC show I liked, is completely full of it.
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Post by rosslynhoya on Mar 7, 2012 9:24:15 GMT -5
Yeah, it sure was an awful night for Romney. Umm, what?? This is why I don't watch the news anymore. I still watch O'Reilly once in a while, but that's about it. Most other programs, yes including on Fox, I can last about two minutes before I get fed up with their BS. Even Morning Joe, which used to be the only MSNBC show I liked, is completely full of it. C'mon Boz! Even Jersey recognizes Mitt Romney as the moderate choice now. The former governor is sane, moderate, perfectly pleasant in just about every respect. Part of me hopes the media's little horse race goes on for a few more months so that even more Americans can recognize how un-scary Mitt is.
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Post by kchoya on Mar 7, 2012 9:33:01 GMT -5
Well, tonight provides yet another hiccup for the Romney campaign. Alex Castellanos refers to it as a "near-death experience," even without all of the Ohio results in. At the very least, maybe continued Romney weakness will allow a serious debate between the moderate and conservative wings of the party. Do you work for MSNBC or something? Are you really Martin Bashir? Nice spin. Oh, is that the same Alex Castellanos who also said this: “Ohio is a state that [Rick] Santorum cannot afford to lose,” said GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, who worked for Romney in 2008 but is neutral in this race. “If Santorum loses Ohio, it’ll be practically impossible to stop Romney.”
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Post by Buckets on Mar 7, 2012 9:39:00 GMT -5
Not awful, but with a bigger win in Ohio Mitt could have strapped that nomination to his car roof and driven down to DC to take on Obama. Considering Cantor's endorsement, Romney's total relative to Paul as well as turnout relative to 2008 in Virginia seems uninspiring to say the least. It seems likely many posters will be thankful for the media's tendency to pretend things are competitive longer than they are come October.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Mar 7, 2012 9:57:43 GMT -5
There was no contest in Virginia. Romney was basically running unopposed. Kind of difficult to expect a large turnout in that instance.
But others can spin it how they like.
EDIT: Please note, I am not trying to innoculate Romney and present him as the perfect candidate. He is not that, not by a damn sight, to quote Marcellous Wallace. I recognize he has many weaknesses, and I have made clear that I think the Republicans didn't even come close to putting up an A team of candidates for this election.
On the other hand, to claim turnout as a weakness is a stretch in this instance, IMO. Also, when you get 60% of the vote in a state you haven't even campaigned in, that seems pretty good to me. Ron Paul's campaign is headquartered in Virginia. It is not surprising he did well here.
I haven't seen voter breakdowns, but I would not be shocked to learn that Paul did best among young voters in the DC suburbs areas. That might be worrying to me if my name is Barack Obama. But I could be completely wrong on the voter breakdown.
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 7, 2012 10:05:23 GMT -5
Well, tonight provides yet another hiccup for the Romney campaign. Alex Castellanos refers to it as a "near-death experience," even without all of the Ohio results in. At the very least, maybe continued Romney weakness will allow a serious debate between the moderate and conservative wings of the party. Yeah, really a sign of weakness. Romney won six states and picked up 211 delegates while Santorum won three states and got 84 delegates. I continue to be amazed at how weak Romney is. Oops.
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Post by TC on Mar 7, 2012 10:11:11 GMT -5
Not awful, but with a bigger win in Ohio Mitt could have strapped that nomination to his car roof and driven down to DC to take on Obama. Considering Cantor's endorsement, Romney's total relative to Paul as well as turnout relative to 2008 in Virginia seems uninspiring to say the least. It seems likely many posters will be thankful for the media's tendency to pretend things are competitive longer than they are come October. I don't know why anyone would even bother to show up to a meaningless Virginia primary. Great job at screwing up what could have made you one of the more important primary states, Virginia. Rick Perry got 1 vote in my town in MA. I really want to know what that person was thinking. Did they confuse Santorum and Perry?
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Post by Boz on Mar 7, 2012 10:21:06 GMT -5
Erick Erickson voted for Rick Perry, but that was in Georgia.
Maybe he registered with ACORN and voted in Massachusetts as well.
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Post by Boz on Mar 7, 2012 13:33:42 GMT -5
I also totally forgot about Dennis Kucinich last night. (Sorry, not presidential politics, not this year anyway) Not just losing his primary, but getting destroyed. And no, I'm not here to dance on his political grave. Quite the contrary, in fact. I probably disagree with Kucinich on virtually every substantive policy issue, but I have a lot of respect for that man. Much like I feel about Ron Paul, who I agree with about more, but certainly not everything. Both are men firmly grounded in their principles (even if one or two of those principles might be in the "nutbar" category). They are uncompromising and do not trade on their values for political gain. We could use more like them, not less. EDIT: Also, Mr. Kucinich deserves major MAJOR kudos for this.
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Post by kchoya on Mar 7, 2012 14:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by TC on Mar 7, 2012 15:37:51 GMT -5
Breitbart.com complaining that a video is selectively edited is hilarious.
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 8, 2012 11:48:31 GMT -5
"The US offered to give Israel advanced weaponry -- including bunker-busting bombs and refueling planes -- in exchange for Israel's agreement not to attack Iranian nuclear sites, Israeli newspaper Maariv reported Thursday. President Obama reportedly made the offer during Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week. Under the proposed deal, Israel would not attack Iran until 2013, after US elections in November this year. The newspaper cited unnamed Western diplomatic and intelligence sources." www.nypost.com/p/news/international/attack_offered_israel_advanced_weaponry_vJzadL8Qw5XoQ7akSRO9yK#ixzz1oXpr8rZP
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Post by Buckets on Mar 8, 2012 12:00:10 GMT -5
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 8, 2012 12:10:51 GMT -5
Not a bad idea, but let's be honest--only the Democrats would nominate a candidate that wasn't born in America ;D
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Post by TC on Mar 8, 2012 13:00:59 GMT -5
Not a bad idea, but let's be honest--only the Democrats would nominate a candidate that wasn't born in America ;D You mean other than the GOP in 2008?
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EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 8, 2012 13:29:42 GMT -5
Have to have someone run against Josef Stalin.
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Post by ksf42001 on Mar 8, 2012 15:06:26 GMT -5
Have to have someone run against Josef Stalin. You do realize there's a reason it's not acceptable to compare people to Stalin (even in jest) right?
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Post by quickplay on Mar 8, 2012 15:10:22 GMT -5
Have to have someone run against Josef Stalin. You do realize there's a reason it's not acceptable to compare people to Stalin (even in jest) right? I'm not offended by it (I generally find getting offended at that kind of comparison overrated), but it does crack me up. Obama, a right-of-center politician, compared to Josef Stalin. Some people really hate what they want to believe about him.
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