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2016 Postmortem

Ruby the Liberal

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5. Thats the one thing I don't get about campaigns

Reply to grantcart (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 03:16 AM

Feb 2012

(Noting, I have never been at a level in a campaign to care about these details and how they factor in)

but the whole Romney thing in Michigan was 45 years or so ago. Who still living, still living there still cares enough that it would make a tinker's dam of a difference? Its like Michelle Bachmann and her "born in Iowa" schtick. Who cares, and even more, outside of Ames, where did that get her?

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Holy Crap. PPP tweets that Santorum now leads Romney in Michigan. Could be the end of Mitt. [View all] grantcart Feb 2012 OP

Santorum approaching Mitt from the rear Kennah Feb 2012 #1

Mitt's in a real pickle. His barrage of negative attack ads seem to have driven up his own.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #2

I'm beginning to think he won't win. This is a landslide and even money won't help. roguevalley Feb 2012 #6

You may be right. I think his "inevitability" was based on his huge warchest & his "look". Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #9

Independants have already flipped on the flip-flopper mikekohr Feb 2012 #14

His campaign staff are going to conclude that they have to do to Santorum what they did to Gingrich. LetTimmySmoke Feb 2012 #3

He's a real Meg Whitman. David__77 Feb 2012 #4

Thats the one thing I don't get about campaigns Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #5

Perhaps someone should re-do CCR's "Green River" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #7

if he gets trounced in Michigan - that will be a difficult psychological blow to over come Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #8

Why? It isn't like he was born there or that his father was anyone important! whistler162 Feb 2012 #18

You know what could really finish off Mitt? Virginia Marsala Feb 2012 #10

Michigan is an open primary corkhead Feb 2012 #11

"the end of Mitt" CanonRay Feb 2012 #12

Has PPP officially released anything on the Michigan polling? DCBob Feb 2012 #13

Nothing beyond the tweets grantcart Feb 2012 #15

When are the Michigan, Arizona contests? Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #16

Romney's got three weeks to mercilessly destroy Santorum Arkana Feb 2012 #17