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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,988 posts) Tue Aug 12, 2014, 05:51 PM Aug 2014

I just finished "Double Down" about the 2012 elections [View all]

I still can't believe the clowns at Team Romney discounted almost all the public polling in the waning days of the campaign that showed they were going to lose.

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I just finished "Double Down" about the 2012 elections [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 OP

It was a good book! redstatebluegirl Aug 2014 #1

Most of it was a rehash with some interesting tidbits. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #2

Campaign staffers (high level) get *paid*! KeepItReal Aug 2014 #3

Paraphrasing-Don't expect somebody to get something right when their living... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #4

Bouses for the top staff--those who are connected. But the low-level staff tblue37 Aug 2014 #5

they were relaxed because Rove was supposed to have Ohio locked down. wonder what went wrong....... Takket Aug 2014 #6

this. PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #8

Still wouldn't have been enough. Mitt got clobbered in the Electoral College/nt DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #10

Is this from the same guys who did Game Change? joeybee12 Aug 2014 #7

Same guys! DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2014 #9

The movie makes me think the book's source was Woody Harrelson's character joeybee12 Aug 2014 #14

Steve Schmidt Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #15

I thought it was half about Edwards, half about Palin... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #16

Of course, nobody HERE would ever question polling they disagreed with... brooklynite Aug 2014 #11

Great book Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #12

btw Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #13