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Analysis: Four More Years

tdarby Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 11:37 AM
remember folks, Romney was never winning. and i'm sorry but this is a death knell for far right conservatism for another decade or so. Go ahead and try to pull the GOP further to the right...
Johnny L. Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 11:42 AM
You kidding? We threw our conservative candidates under the bus in favor of moderate Mitt. In Fact Mitt even won the independent vote. The problem is not that Mitt was too conservative, the problem was that Obama was as far left as you can get and that energized and expanded his base.

Do note that those "far right" conservatives are the ones that still control the house. People respect strength. Strength of convictions being foremost.
HermanBB Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 11:40 AM
To tdarby

What you said is total nonsense.

"Far right conservatism" was not the cause of Romney's defeat.

It was 96% of blacks and 69% of latinos figuring they will get more handouts under Obama.
DotWins Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 11:45 AM
IloveTHmoderators Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 11:38 AM
Hilarious. Far Right Conservatism?

A few stray thoughts and observations in the aftermath of the 2012 election -- on substance, process, and tactics:

(1) The polls were broadly right, both at the state and national levels -- a dichotomy that I believed to be unlikely in the extreme as recently as yesterday morning.  The electorate ended up being D+6, nearly on par with 2008, and six points better than the 2010 midterms.  I was wrong about this, as were a good number of other observers.  The 2012 party ID figures from Gallup and Rasmussen upon which my assumptions were based were...

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