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Where did Mitt go wrong?

Where did Mitt go wrong?

  • Mitt ran too far to the right

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Mitt ran too far to the center

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • No one knew where Mitt was: He just flip-flopped

    Votes: 11 64.7%
  • Mitt should have made a clear tack to the center at the convention

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mitt could not stay on topic: the economy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Poor VP selection. It should have been ???

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mitt should have been more aggressive campaigning in rust belt (PA, MI, WI)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Putting lipstick on a pig does not mean its not a pig

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Mitt never should have run that Jeep ad

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mitt ran a great campaign

    Votes: 3 17.6%

  • Total voters
    17

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Even if you still believe Mitt has a shot tomorrow, the fact that you are not confident of a win the night before the election has to be disconcerting. After all, Obama was quite vulnerable this time around and a really good candidate and/or a really good campaign should have the Republicans anticipating victory tomorrow rather than simply hoping things break their way (which they could)....

So, assuming you either think Mitt is going down to defeat OR you are disappointed of where he is standing on election eve, what would you say was Mitt's biggest mistake in this campaign?

A) Mitt ran too far to the right
B) Mitt ran too much in the center
C) No one knew where Mitt was running - he flip-flopped a few times too many
D) Mitt failed to tack to the center soon enough
E) Mitt could not stay on topic: the economy
F) Ryan was a poor choice as a running mate
G) Mitt should have been more aggressive campaigning in other rust belt states (WI, PA, MI)
H) Mitt was just a bad, bad candidate
I) The Jeep ad did him in
J) None of the above - Mitt ran a great campaign

Other????
 
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mitt ran as too similar to the guy he wants to replace
 
mitt ran as too similar to the guy he wants to replace
^^ This is exactly correct. All the while he was doing it he was throwing mud like a child acting like they aren't ideological butt-buddies.

Mitt tries to act like a hardcore republican when the tv cameras are on him, because that's what's expected of him, but his voting record and career tell a completely different story.
 
Even if you still believe Mitt has a shot tomorrow, the fact that you are not confident of a win the night before the election has to be disconcerting. After all, Obama was quite vulnerable this time around and a really good candidate and/or a really good campaign should have the Republicans anticipating victory tomorrow rather than simply hoping things break their way (which they could)....

So, assuming you either think Mitt is going down to defeat OR you are disappointed of where he is standing on election eve, what would you say was Mitt's biggest mistake in this campaign?

A) Mitt ran too far to the right
B) Mitt ran too much in the center
C) No one knew where Mitt was running - he flip-flopped a few times too many
D) Mitt failed to tack to the center soon enough
E) Mitt could not stay on topic: the economy
F) Ryan was a poor choice as a running mate
G) Mitt should have been more aggressive campaigning in other rust belt states (WI, PA, MI)
H) Mitt was just a bad, bad candidate
I) The Jeep ad did him in
J) None of the above - Mitt ran a great campaign

Other????

I wouldn't really pick any of the options up there. I'd say he suffered more from a lack of charisma. He was never able to change the spirit of the Republican campaign from "against Obama" to "for Mitt Romney." He managed to provide himself as a decent alternative to Obama, but I'm not sure very many people are enthralled with him as much as they just dislike Obama.
 
Even if you still believe Mitt has a shot tomorrow, the fact that you are not confident of a win the night before the election has to be disconcerting. After all, Obama was quite vulnerable this time around and a really good candidate and/or a really good campaign should have the Republicans anticipating victory tomorrow rather than simply hoping things break their way (which they could)....

So, assuming you either think Mitt is going down to defeat OR you are disappointed of where he is standing on election eve, what would you say was Mitt's biggest mistake in this campaign?

A) Mitt ran too far to the right
B) Mitt ran too much in the center
C) No one knew where Mitt was running - he flip-flopped a few times too many
D) Mitt failed to tack to the center soon enough
E) Mitt could not stay on topic: the economy
F) Ryan was a poor choice as a running mate
G) Mitt should have been more aggressive campaigning in other rust belt states (WI, PA, MI)
H) Mitt was just a bad, bad candidate
I) The Jeep ad did him in
J) None of the above - Mitt ran a great campaign

Other????

Stupid thread.

You act as if he's lost already.

I suggest waiting for the fat lady and after she sings her song you'll have plenty of opportunity to ask what Romney...or Obama...did wrong.
 
I wish this was multiple choice.
 
Way too early for this kind of thread.
 
Stupid thread.

You act as if he's lost already.

I suggest waiting for the fat lady and after she sings her song you'll have plenty of opportunity to ask what Romney...or Obama...did wrong.

agree: the biggest issue was the same as it was for Hillary. The MSM is in love with Obama and has done everything possible to support his presidency. The reporting on stuff has been very biased.

examples-the Libyan debacle coupled with the fact that an Obama voter moderated the debate where that matter was critical

point two-the dishonest claims by Obama that Romney "said" it was fair for someone making 50K should pay a higher tax rate than he does-the MSM did not note that people making 50K a year do not pay an effective FIT rate of anywhere near 14%

Obama's unemployment rates
 
it's far too early to declare this one over, because it has barely begun, and could go either way. however, I can say that I didn't consider him for a vote because he chose the neoconservative, hawkish version of himself rather than the moderate version. had he run that way, victory would have been more likely in the general, but he would have lost the primary right after Huntsman.
 
The lipstick on a pig is a perfect choice. I went with that. In the end - and in the beginning - Romney is simply wildly out of touch with the vast vast majority of the American people. He has shown he will say anything and flip flop on any position to win the nomination and then the election.
 
IMO, Romney should have pushed on about the contradictory remarks with regards or Libya. Obama takes credit for Seals killing bin Laden, but yet he dodges questions about those lost with our ambassador. Tell Obama to name one president who wouldn't have ordered the killing or capture of bin Laden.

With that said, my only concern is the number who vote based on race, handouts, or abortion. I hate the fact that our system sees the votes of two individuals with drastically different levels of knowledge on our country's issues as the same. The election has become a stupid popularity contest to many, rather than voting on the most well qualified for the president's responsibility.
 
The simple answer is he thought he could run and win. As I have said many times before Slinky is a poor little rich guy who has no concept of normal day live or needs and could care less what the little people think or feel. SO he said what he said and did what he did because he thought we were too stupid to notice.

"If we aren't suppose to shear them then why did God make them (people) sheep".
 
Even if you still believe Mitt has a shot tomorrow, the fact that you are not confident of a win the night before the election has to be disconcerting. After all, Obama was quite vulnerable this time around and a really good candidate and/or a really good campaign should have the Republicans anticipating victory tomorrow rather than simply hoping things break their way (which they could)....

So, assuming you either think Mitt is going down to defeat OR you are disappointed of where he is standing on election eve, what would you say was Mitt's biggest mistake in this campaign?

A) Mitt ran too far to the right
B) Mitt ran too much in the center
C) No one knew where Mitt was running - he flip-flopped a few times too many
D) Mitt failed to tack to the center soon enough
E) Mitt could not stay on topic: the economy
F) Ryan was a poor choice as a running mate
G) Mitt should have been more aggressive campaigning in other rust belt states (WI, PA, MI)
H) Mitt was just a bad, bad candidate
I) The Jeep ad did him in
J) None of the above - Mitt ran a great campaign

Other????

If Romney loses it is mostly because is an agent of the money-hungry GOP Establishment who unsuccessfully tried to package himself as "everyone's conservative."

If he wins, it is mostly because he is an agent of the money-hungry GOP Establishment who successfully packaged himself as "everyone's conservative."
 
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