Is the "Romney Campaign Curse" repeating itself?

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Is the "Romney Campaign Curse" repeating itself?
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aghogday
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10 Aug 2012, 3:58 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rom ... aign,_1968

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The qualities that helped give Romney success as an automotive industry executive worked against him as a presidential candidate;[17] he had difficulty being articulate on any issue, often speaking at length and too forthrightly on a topic and then later correcting himself while maintaining he was not.[18][19][11] Reporter Jack Germond joked that he was going to add a single key on his typewriter that would print, "Romney later explained...."[18] Life magazine wrote that Romney "manages to turn self-expression into a positive ordeal" and that he was no different in private: "nobody can sound more like the public George Romney than the real George Romney let loose to ramble, inevitably away from the point and toward some distant moral precept."[11] The perception grew that Romney was gaffe-prone and a plodder."


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The "brainwashing" reference had been an offhand, unplanned remark that came at the end of a long, behind-schedule day of campaigning.[179] By September 7, it found its way into prominence at The New York Times.[169] Eight other governors who had been on the same 1965 trip as Romney said no such activity had taken place, and one of them, Philip H. Hoff of Vermont, said Romney's remarks were "outrageous, kind of stinking ... Either he's a most naïve man or he lacks judgment."[144] The connotations of brainwashing, following the experiences of American prisoners of war (highlighted by the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate), made Romney's comments devastating,[26][163] especially as it reinforced the negative image of Romney's abilities that had already developed.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-recover-gaffes-questions-win-voters-beat-president-barack-obama-experts-article-1.1129399



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10 Aug 2012, 6:52 am

If he loses it'll be because he's a flip-flopping guy who's not quite savvy enough to maintain a right to privacy when it comes to his tax forms [had he released absolutely nothing then we'd not be having these discussions, but he did release, what, two years worth?].

That, and the entire republican party scares the s**t out of me.



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10 Aug 2012, 10:00 am

Accept that "Silver Spoons" have trouble understanding reality. Romney is clearly a shinning "Silver Spoon."



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11 Aug 2012, 1:21 pm

He's a sh*tty candidate who doesnt seem to have any core values. He also doesnt have a gift for it and I think he's getting poor advice.

He's currently down 4.6 in the RCP average. McCain territory. Maybe his VP pick will give him a bounce. He can still win though.



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11 Aug 2012, 1:26 pm

simon_says wrote:
He's a sh*tty candidate who doesnt seem to have any core values. He also doesnt have a gift for it and I think he's getting poor advice.

He's currently down 4.6 in the RCP average. McCain territory. Maybe his VP pick will give him a bounce. He can still win though.


except he picked Ryan so not that much of a bounce.


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11 Aug 2012, 1:43 pm

George and Mitt share a lot of qualities being your typical Rockefeller Republicans but George was at least nominally anti-war in his 1968 campaign.