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obama is not popular, but at least he has the ability to organize a national campaign moondog Send a noteboard - 14/03/2012 02:18:04 PM
Media desperation for hot stories tends to overplay the alleged weirdness of this campaign, which is actually pretty par for course. This time 4 years ago Hillary and Obama were still locked up and McCain was just solidifying, and if you look back at '92 for instance about this time people were despairing of the nigh impossibility of Clinton beating Bush, back in '80 people were pissed at how non-conservative Reagan was and how he'd lose the base. If I had to guess, barring major changes, if Romney were picked right now and the election held in 6 or 7 weeks, I'd give Obama coin flip odds at best. It does not take long for people to rally and traditionally hotly contested primaries don't hurt much and often even help a little.

Obama is not a popular president and he's had very few guns turned on him thus far with most aimed in the traditional primary season circular firing squad. Romney is in a strong position to court the moderate and independent vote. But this stuff is never inevitable like everyone will say in mid-November, and an election can be flipped by it raining on the major city of a swing state on election day, or something as tiny as the guy running for senate or house in that area becoming unpopular and associated to ones of the candidates.


one thing obama is good at is running an election campaign. i just don't see how a supposedly serious candidate can even make it to november if they can't be bothered to get the signatures to get on the ballot, much less in two separate states. the only one of the republicans in the race who seems to have a base to support them is ron paul, but of course he's like the republican kucinich -- a lot of people like him but he has no chance to ever be the nominee.

believe me, i know how fickle voters can be, but if the only way for romney to "campaign" is to buy his way into the race he is not going to make it to the end of the election. do you think people are going to get fired up later if romney wins the nomination when they can't be bothered to care now?
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can *any* republican pose a challenge to obama in november? - 14/03/2012 04:06:59 AM 1177 Views
Yes, absolutely..... - 14/03/2012 04:12:30 AM 630 Views
"anybody but obama" is not a winning strategy - 14/03/2012 02:28:23 PM 609 Views
It can definitely work.....don't compare 2012 to 2004. - 14/03/2012 02:44:39 PM 478 Views
this is why it will be 2004 all over again if romney is nominated - 16/03/2012 02:22:26 PM 515 Views
It sure as Hell is, as long as the candidate is moderate - 14/03/2012 03:04:10 PM 723 Views
Did you vote for Obama in 2008? - 14/03/2012 03:47:55 PM 479 Views
Yes I did. If Romney is the candidate, I will vote Romney this year. *NM* - 14/03/2012 08:39:41 PM 329 Views
Second me on that. *NM* - 15/03/2012 09:25:39 PM 248 Views
Strongly qualifying your statement really weakens the "anyone". *NM* - 14/03/2012 10:14:45 PM 344 Views
The statement "anyone but Obama" can be a rallying cry, but only for the right candidates. - 16/03/2012 01:47:48 AM 631 Views
somehow i don't see romney having much credibility versus obama - 16/03/2012 02:16:32 PM 515 Views
Spoken like a true Obama partisan - 16/03/2012 04:18:21 PM 529 Views
It's actually not about credibility. - 16/03/2012 09:57:41 PM 588 Views
Re: It's actually not about credibility. - 17/03/2012 01:10:52 PM 904 Views
I love that "Gas Costs More!" is the current rallying cry. - 14/03/2012 10:13:04 PM 510 Views
Sure, if Israel hits Iran and Obama looks weak. - 14/03/2012 04:56:23 AM 631 Views
i think iran/israel is probably the biggest issue at the moment - 14/03/2012 02:25:29 PM 636 Views
I would put serious money on an Israeli attack before the election. - 14/03/2012 02:56:55 PM 631 Views
"if netanyahu is smart" is a hell of a qualifier - 16/03/2012 02:28:55 PM 562 Views
FL and/or OH and VA. - 14/03/2012 04:55:04 PM 719 Views
Yes, Romney. - 14/03/2012 10:59:26 AM 625 Views
I know that I would consider voting for Romney - 14/03/2012 01:05:47 PM 606 Views
If you will pardon an impertinent question: Why? - 14/03/2012 03:26:01 PM 586 Views
Pre-convention only the incumbents favorability ratings matter much - 14/03/2012 01:19:04 PM 619 Views
obama is not popular, but at least he has the ability to organize a national campaign - 14/03/2012 02:18:04 PM 563 Views
The answer to the question is yes. *NM* - 14/03/2012 02:24:51 PM 412 Views
I was thinking no, and here's my rationale: - 14/03/2012 03:41:21 PM 546 Views
Romney doesn't have to "steal" people away..... - 14/03/2012 03:48:00 PM 546 Views
Isn't that a pretty tenuous strategy? - 14/03/2012 04:49:42 PM 579 Views
Much as it pains me to agree with trzaska, he is absolutely right in this case. - 14/03/2012 04:21:43 PM 755 Views
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I need a shower.... - 14/03/2012 05:05:51 PM 675 Views
Interesting. So you guys are basically saying I'm right, but it might not matter - 14/03/2012 04:53:48 PM 617 Views
Yes and no - 14/03/2012 06:23:47 PM 735 Views
Conservative cookies nomz. But I think you missed my main point... - 14/03/2012 07:02:10 PM 586 Views
Conservative cookies nomz. But I think you missed my main point... - 14/03/2012 07:09:24 PM 503 Views
And the cookies are not a lie... at last night's meeting, we had Thin Mints - 15/03/2012 09:51:30 PM 618 Views
Yeah, I just meant perception - 16/03/2012 02:39:30 AM 617 Views
Re: Yeah, I just meant perception - 16/03/2012 03:32:07 AM 537 Views
Maybe I am - 16/03/2012 11:57:04 PM 565 Views
I'm not sure "hole" is really the word for it... - 15/03/2012 10:46:58 PM 513 Views
One day Republicans and internet trolls alike will learn not to say weird shit to people like me. - 15/03/2012 12:30:17 AM 691 Views
This is quite a good post and I can offer further evidence - 15/03/2012 12:37:13 AM 544 Views
I like this post. - 15/03/2012 08:40:07 PM 563 Views
I don't mean to disrespect your seal, but it looks more like a cat. *NM* - 15/03/2012 08:52:26 PM 216 Views
This made me laugh way more than it should have *NM* - 15/03/2012 09:07:08 PM 236 Views
me too *NM* - 15/03/2012 11:58:52 PM 219 Views
Couple notes - 15/03/2012 09:29:23 PM 497 Views
Yeah... - 15/03/2012 09:49:14 PM 527 Views
I like that logo better - 15/03/2012 09:57:39 PM 477 Views
Depends on the state of the economy - 15/03/2012 08:52:32 PM 522 Views

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