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It sure as Hell is, as long as the candidate is moderate Tom Send a noteboard - 14/03/2012 03:04:10 PM
Putting up Santorum, for example, on an "anyone but Obama" platform might be a losing strategy, but there's a key difference between "anyone but Obama" now and "anyone but Bush" in 2004:

In 2004, the economy was growing and all discontent with the President was over a heavy-handed foreign policy that about half the country supported anyway. The discontent was removed from the voters' wallets. In 2012, Obama has saddled a massively expensive new Federal program on voters, the economy is recovering but the jobs outlook is still anemic, Obama just talks about spending more and more money without even admitting that entitlement reform is needed, and many people are still nervous because so many legal changes have been threatened (should I buy a house if the mortgage deduction goes away? How much will it cost me to hire an employee due to Obamacare? Will the capital gains rate go up?).

It may sound cliché to say that people vote with their wallets, but it is no less true for that. If the economy is good, people can vote for all sorts of other reasons (I like his haircut, he doesn't want to murder babies and neither do I, he supports gay marriage and so do I), but when a voter is nervous about the economy, it trumps everything else.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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can *any* republican pose a challenge to obama in november? - 14/03/2012 04:06:59 AM 1191 Views
Yes, absolutely..... - 14/03/2012 04:12:30 AM 643 Views
"anybody but obama" is not a winning strategy - 14/03/2012 02:28:23 PM 619 Views
It can definitely work.....don't compare 2012 to 2004. - 14/03/2012 02:44:39 PM 490 Views
this is why it will be 2004 all over again if romney is nominated - 16/03/2012 02:22:26 PM 529 Views
It sure as Hell is, as long as the candidate is moderate - 14/03/2012 03:04:10 PM 735 Views
Did you vote for Obama in 2008? - 14/03/2012 03:47:55 PM 489 Views
Yes I did. If Romney is the candidate, I will vote Romney this year. *NM* - 14/03/2012 08:39:41 PM 334 Views
Second me on that. *NM* - 15/03/2012 09:25:39 PM 251 Views
Strongly qualifying your statement really weakens the "anyone". *NM* - 14/03/2012 10:14:45 PM 347 Views
The statement "anyone but Obama" can be a rallying cry, but only for the right candidates. - 16/03/2012 01:47:48 AM 644 Views
somehow i don't see romney having much credibility versus obama - 16/03/2012 02:16:32 PM 522 Views
Spoken like a true Obama partisan - 16/03/2012 04:18:21 PM 542 Views
It's actually not about credibility. - 16/03/2012 09:57:41 PM 598 Views
Re: It's actually not about credibility. - 17/03/2012 01:10:52 PM 914 Views
I love that "Gas Costs More!" is the current rallying cry. - 14/03/2012 10:13:04 PM 527 Views
Sure, if Israel hits Iran and Obama looks weak. - 14/03/2012 04:56:23 AM 649 Views
i think iran/israel is probably the biggest issue at the moment - 14/03/2012 02:25:29 PM 649 Views
I would put serious money on an Israeli attack before the election. - 14/03/2012 02:56:55 PM 642 Views
"if netanyahu is smart" is a hell of a qualifier - 16/03/2012 02:28:55 PM 578 Views
FL and/or OH and VA. - 14/03/2012 04:55:04 PM 732 Views
Yes, Romney. - 14/03/2012 10:59:26 AM 637 Views
I know that I would consider voting for Romney - 14/03/2012 01:05:47 PM 619 Views
If you will pardon an impertinent question: Why? - 14/03/2012 03:26:01 PM 594 Views
The answer to the question is yes. *NM* - 14/03/2012 02:24:51 PM 418 Views
I was thinking no, and here's my rationale: - 14/03/2012 03:41:21 PM 555 Views
Romney doesn't have to "steal" people away..... - 14/03/2012 03:48:00 PM 554 Views
Isn't that a pretty tenuous strategy? - 14/03/2012 04:49:42 PM 591 Views
Much as it pains me to agree with trzaska, he is absolutely right in this case. - 14/03/2012 04:21:43 PM 766 Views
- 14/03/2012 04:37:26 PM 457 Views
I need a shower.... - 14/03/2012 05:05:51 PM 687 Views
Interesting. So you guys are basically saying I'm right, but it might not matter - 14/03/2012 04:53:48 PM 624 Views
Yes and no - 14/03/2012 06:23:47 PM 752 Views
Conservative cookies nomz. But I think you missed my main point... - 14/03/2012 07:02:10 PM 600 Views
Conservative cookies nomz. But I think you missed my main point... - 14/03/2012 07:09:24 PM 517 Views
And the cookies are not a lie... at last night's meeting, we had Thin Mints - 15/03/2012 09:51:30 PM 632 Views
Yeah, I just meant perception - 16/03/2012 02:39:30 AM 626 Views
Re: Yeah, I just meant perception - 16/03/2012 03:32:07 AM 552 Views
Maybe I am - 16/03/2012 11:57:04 PM 576 Views
I'm not sure "hole" is really the word for it... - 15/03/2012 10:46:58 PM 527 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 704 Views
This is quite a good post and I can offer further evidence - 15/03/2012 12:37:13 AM 554 Views
I like this post. - 15/03/2012 08:40:07 PM 577 Views
I don't mean to disrespect your seal, but it looks more like a cat. *NM* - 15/03/2012 08:52:26 PM 220 Views
This made me laugh way more than it should have *NM* - 15/03/2012 09:07:08 PM 239 Views
me too *NM* - 15/03/2012 11:58:52 PM 225 Views
Couple notes - 15/03/2012 09:29:23 PM 506 Views
Yeah... - 15/03/2012 09:49:14 PM 539 Views
I like that logo better - 15/03/2012 09:57:39 PM 490 Views
Depends on the state of the economy - 15/03/2012 08:52:32 PM 539 Views

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