YMMV though.
Sure, he won, and it was safely outside recount but lower than the last 4 who got re-elected, hence no mandate, and only Reagan didn't leave his party in a screwed state when he left. Skin of teeth might be a bit excessive but this isn't some death knell for the GOP
i was only responding to your comment about the closeness of the election.
and there is one thing that i would consider this election to show strong support, if not an outright mandate, for the policies of the first term actually being given a chance to work. in addition, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people want to see some kind of compromise between the two sides with the way so many tea party candidates were defeated. so if those two things are not mandates, they are two of the biggest lessons i would take from this election.
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What next for Romney and the Republican party?
- 07/11/2012 03:51:50 PM
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In my view, more moderation is needed.
- 07/11/2012 04:17:05 PM
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Pretty sure seniors are growing MORE numerous, not less. You're probably right about the rest. *NM*
- 07/11/2012 05:03:17 PM
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That's true, but I don't think that's the right way to look at it.
- 07/11/2012 05:18:52 PM
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Yeah, I hear what you're saying, and I agree with the overall point.
- 07/11/2012 07:52:33 PM
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Libertarian is the way to go IMO.
- 07/11/2012 05:19:29 PM
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totally agree, i was quite disappointed Johnson didn't get better results *NM*
- 07/11/2012 06:15:09 PM
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I'd say they're pretty much done
- 07/11/2012 07:54:44 PM
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They're through. They've been utterly crushed, demolished, and annihilated after last night.
- 07/11/2012 10:34:47 PM
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Well Romney is retiring but no the GOP is hardly 'done'
- 08/11/2012 12:51:44 AM
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I do hope the Republican party have the same lax attitude, I love seeing them lose *NM*
- 08/11/2012 12:46:32 PM
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I imagine lots of idiots feel the same way on both sides about both parties *NM*
- 08/11/2012 11:05:29 PM
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If you're relying on the democrats crashing and burning
- 09/11/2012 02:45:41 PM
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the dems played the "wait for the repubs to crash and burn" strategy and it worked out ok this year
- 09/11/2012 05:01:53 PM
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Off topic, but is your Shift key broken?
- 09/11/2012 05:47:12 PM
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do you have similar problems when talking to people with weird hair color or clothes IRL?
- 09/11/2012 07:09:24 PM
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The Dems learned their lesson from the Gore campaign
- 09/11/2012 06:25:23 PM
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i beg to differ
- 09/11/2012 07:22:40 PM
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The facts speak for themselves
- 09/11/2012 07:46:20 PM
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Re: The facts speak for themselves
- 11/11/2012 01:13:05 AM
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i'm quite curious about one thing, since i know you're such a numbers guy
- 11/11/2012 02:01:31 PM
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Re: i'm quite curious about one thing, since i know you're such a numbers guy
- 11/11/2012 05:48:09 PM
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I've also got a question for you
- 11/11/2012 02:16:07 PM
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Re: I've also got a question for you
- 11/11/2012 04:51:55 PM
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Re: I've also got a question for you
- 11/11/2012 05:48:52 PM
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There's also the fake or exaggeration aspect that might be in play but I can't judge that
- 11/11/2012 06:44:16 PM
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I think you were taking that statement rather literally
- 11/11/2012 07:36:14 PM
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I took it as a literal statement, the language implied as much to me...
- 11/11/2012 08:45:16 PM
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Oh, I can absolutely count on them crahsing and burning, that's a given, happens to both regularly *NM*
- 09/11/2012 06:28:51 PM
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You can't count on exploiting that
- 09/11/2012 06:39:47 PM
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'Mistakes' is subjective, sometimes you have to play your hand
- 11/11/2012 01:09:31 AM
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how are 300+ EVs "the skin of his teeth"?
- 08/11/2012 05:46:51 PM
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Because he barely won them? *NM*
- 08/11/2012 11:06:14 PM
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only OH, NC and FL are within 2% margin, i'd hardly call that "barely won"
- 08/11/2012 11:25:54 PM
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Which is less than Bush 2, Clinton, Reagan, or Nixon?
- 09/11/2012 12:26:51 AM
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i never claimed a death knell for the GOP
- 09/11/2012 12:32:00 AM
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What makes you think Hillary won't be running?
- 08/11/2012 06:07:38 PM
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hillary has stated time and again she is done when she steps down as sec'y of state
- 08/11/2012 11:27:56 PM
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While I agree with the overall point that the Republican party isn't done by any means
- 08/11/2012 11:53:12 PM
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Romney is done; the last defeated nominee to be renominated was Nixon.
- 08/11/2012 04:53:52 PM
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