Prediction: Come November, Obama beats Romney by far more than the margin suggested by polls.

[MADem]

19. No it isn't. I invite your attention to very recent American history.

There was a cadre of people who initially supported a clown named Ronald Reagan during the election that put Ford against Carter. These people pretended to support Ford, but they breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when he lost, because they knew if he won, they'd be stuck with him for eight years, but since he lost, the Reagan crew could go up against Carter in a scant four years.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The Santorum people have no fucking reason to vote for Mitt Romney--all he is is an OBSTRUCTION to them in four years. Obama, OTOH, is done, with no clear successor in four years. If they want to see "President Santorum" in the White House in the next go-round, the guy to vote for is OBAMA or some third-party asswipe, not RMoney.

Anyone playing a long-view game can see that quite plainly. I won't even go into the demoralized attitude of the GOP--they have reason to feel that way, too--they're all a bunch of whining idiots.

Massachusetts is a woefully SEXIST state. We have yet to send a woman to the Senate, and we have a lousy record with female office-holders in general. It is an interest area of mine, seeing more women in public office in MA.

The voting public voted for Brown because they didn't like his female opponent. They voted for RMoney because they didn't like HIS female opponent. I voted for both female candidates, but alas, I am but one individual. Also, RMoney ran millions of dollars of very pretty ads that promised that the second he was elected governor, he'd call up all his "business" friends and they'd fire up factories in the poor communities in western MA and elsewhere. Of course, once elected, he did no such thing, and MA dropped to 47th in New Job Creation. We lost a congressional seat (Barney's, in fact) because we were redistricted out of a seat due to the exodus from MA due to Romney-era job losses.

You probably don't understand that MA is a "weak governor" state (like TX). The governor does nothing without the consent of Beacon Hill, which is overwhelmingly Dem, overwhelmingly "old school," and overwhelmingly corrupt in the sense that it's not just who you know, it's who you (rhymes with know). It's why RMoney got little done, unless the Powers That Be in the MA legislature said it was "ok."

So, to answer your question, THAT's how we got Naked Brownie and RMoney. They got the gigs, but were hamstrung from the git-go.