Re: The Next Step for the GOP
My point was that other, stronger candidates don't exist. And with respect to his current polling, Romney is running against a "failed" President who is quite frankly running a very poor campaign. If Romney was all that, he would be 5-10 points ahead. Weak economy, blatant lack of leadership, and no enthusiasm from the opposition base, and he's only almost level?Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg
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Re: The Next Step for the GOP
Oh, they exist. They just chose to sit this one out. There are plenty of top level republicans that could sweep this election in a landslide, but they didn't even bother participating in the primaries.
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Re: The Next Step for the GOP
That makes no sense. If these strong GOP candidates exist, why would they sit 2012 out? You have a weak Democrat incumbent and a field of loons + Romney. If Romney pulls this off, these mythical candidates are sidelined until 2020.
Romney has money and a relatively sane record of executive experience, so he had the advantage. The base will probably never trust him since he is a flip-flopping Mormon elected by the People's Republic of Massachusetts, but they will vote for him against Obama. But who else out there could have challenged Mitt in the primaries, and still be electable by the general population?
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Re: The Next Step for the GOP
You only get 8 years to create a record for posterity. Better someone else sorts out the mess the country is in and takes all the difficult decisions regarding the national deficit and wastage on medical care for example.
Then when there is no incumbent and things have improved that's the time to reap the reward from the work of others.
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