Is Romney Take A Dive and Throwing the Election? [View all]

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Is Romney Take A Dive and Throwing the Election?

As a clear picture of Paul Ryan comes into focus so has a question – at least in my mind. Is it possible that bright and early last Saturday morning Mitt Romney threw the 2012 presidential election?

That he may have lost his chance when he announced Paul Ryan as his running mate is rapidly becoming conventional wisdom among everyone except those who pushed the hardest for his selection. Pollsters and pundits are looking at Ryan’s potential impact on the vote of women, minorities, Catholics, and seniors and generally calling it from neutral to extremely negative. Women in particularly are unlikely to be wooed back to the party once it is known that Ryan’s views on sex, birth control, and women’s health are at least as prehistoric as Rick Santorum’s while seniors are not comfortable with his pronouncements on Medicare.

At the same time, it is hard to see what Ryan brings to the ticket beyond the possibility of winning Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes – a poor trade for the 29 in Florida he will probably cost it. Anybody-but-Obama already had the far right vote locked up and Ryan’s radical social conservatism does nothing to boost Romney’s appeal to moderate Republicans or independents.

So, did Romney appoint Ryan in order to lose? I know it sounds insane, especially as Mitt Romney, of all the people I have watched run for office, stands out for his willingness to do whatever it might take to get there. But that in a way makes my theory a little bit more credible. Love may have no fury like a woman scorned, but a close second goes to a shameless whore when the check bounces.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/romney-dive-throwing-election.html

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