I don't understand why Romney would double down on this

[gabeana]

but more power to him

Mitt Romney's campaign confirmed that he still supports Richard Mourdock and has not asked Mourdock's campaign to pull the ad Romney made in support of his Senate candidacy


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/mitt-romney-richard-mourdock_n_2007559.html

[tk2kewl]

1. K&R

[madaboutharry]

2. He wants the militant anti-choice vote.

[democrat_patriot]

4. He can have it. The evangelical south is already his.

Was he worried if he bailed on Mourdock it would hurt him in Indiana?

Even Pence walked away.

[Flashmann]

3. Nobody outside their bubble has yet

Told those inside that this might be a bad thing....Those inside the bubble,most especially willard himself,are incapable of reasoning through to this conclusion......

[ProSense]

5. Romnesia

Give it another few hours, he'll say he didn't mean it

Mitt tries to distance himself from Mourdock's rape comment after starring
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021621280

[rustydog]

6. Willard is rich. He is privileged, he hates being corrected

He hates being shown to be wrong by those lesser than him...

[TwilightGardener]

7. Sheer political calculation. But I think that since Mittens stands by

his endorsement of a sick man who says God wants rape to happen, then we should make him OWN that endorsement.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. It's simple. At this point they think Mourdock can still win. They think Akin can't.

The calculation begins and ends there.

[soleft]

9. All hands on deck to minimize damage in Congress since Romney ship is going down

[WinTwins]

11. Correct (I think)

My working hypothesis is that Romney has already been told by his campaign that he lost. He knew he was at the brink of losing during the last debate, thus his flop sweat. The second debate was Romney's Hail-Mary pass. Pass incomplete. We was unable to sway the demographics he needed. Early voting, especially in key counties and districts, combined with the Obama's Mamouth GOTV efforts have closed Romney's Electoral College path. Everything we see from Romney is Kabuki theatre to maintain Republican enthusiasm. I believe the polls will reflect that in the next few days, and beginning to show Obama's momentum now. I don't believe Ohio will decide this race, only because the polls close in NC and Virginia first. Romney was never really ahead in this race beyond some opinion polls, and time has run out for him to catch up.

Stay scared and maybe we can get Congress, too. Cheers.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

10. Because the GOP does not consider women human

If you think about it, that attitude is behind many of these outrageous statements. Not at all acceptable but certainly explains it.