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K8-EEE

(15,667 posts) Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:42 PM Nov 2012

Hindsight will view Romney as poor candidate w/ no core values who looked deeply uncomfortable

Hey UK Daily Mail, I don't need no frikken hindsite to view the Mitt like that!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229083/US-Election-2012-analysis-Hindsight-view-Mitt-Romney-poor-candidate-says-Toby-Harnden.html

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Hindsight will view Romney as poor candidate w/ no core values who looked deeply uncomfortable (Original Post) K8-EEE Nov 2012 OP

He may have won if he ran as the moderate he was but doc03 Nov 2012 #1

Romney was never a moderate, just a political chameleon Marsala Nov 2012 #2

Absolutely. He's an empty suit. nt DonViejo Nov 2012 #3

Absolutely nothing there. Nothing but his conviction that 2012 was "his time" nt LiberalElite Nov 2012 #4

Eh. Couched as criticism this is just UK conservative cover for the US GOP's failure. pinto Nov 2012 #5

doc03

(35,359 posts)

1. He may have won if he ran as the moderate he was but

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:59 PM

Nov 2012

he couldn't ever get the nomination without pandering to the wacko right. I think he would have done better if he did his etch-a-sketch at the convention.

Marsala

(2,090 posts)

2. Romney was never a moderate, just a political chameleon

Reply to doc03 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:02 AM

Nov 2012

He never had any true political core values at all.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

3. Absolutely. He's an empty suit. nt

Reply to Marsala (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:10 AM

Nov 2012

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

4. Absolutely nothing there. Nothing but his conviction that 2012 was "his time" nt

Reply to K8-EEE (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:11 AM

Nov 2012

pinto

(106,886 posts)

5. Eh. Couched as criticism this is just UK conservative cover for the US GOP's failure.