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apples and oranges

(1,451 posts) Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:47 PM Aug 2012

Do you think one or more people turned Mitt down before he settled on Ryan?

It's kind of odd that Willard would choose, not even the Friday news dump, but a Saturday morning to release this news. I assumed MSNBC would be offline so I didn't hear the news until a couple hours ago. It's like he's ashamed, and rightfully so. Ryan is an overly opinionated idealogue, barely out of his 30s. How many turned Mitt down?

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Do you think one or more people turned Mitt down before he settled on Ryan? (Original Post) apples and oranges Aug 2012 OP

good question. DesertFlower Aug 2012 #1

It's like someone decided that Romney's campaign wouldn't survive another round of Sunday talk shows gkhouston Aug 2012 #2

They had to cancel events on bus tour unc70 Aug 2012 #3

yep. Turned him down or preempted 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #4

I think he had to do something quick TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #5

Seriously, Mr. Romney is being hammered by the Obama campaign WCGreen Aug 2012 #6

absolutely rurallib Aug 2012 #7

Andrea Saul forced his hand. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #8

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)

1. good question.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:47 PM

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gkhouston

(21,642 posts)

2. It's like someone decided that Romney's campaign wouldn't survive another round of Sunday talk shows

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:48 PM

Aug 2012

discussing his finances. Looks like the "son of BOSS" stuff hit a nerve.

unc70

(6,120 posts)

3. They had to cancel events on bus tour

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:53 PM

Aug 2012

They had to cancel part of the bus tour here in NC. It makes me think the poll numbers forced their hand a week or so early.

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)

4. yep. Turned him down or preempted

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:54 PM

Aug 2012

him by letting him know they were not interested.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

5. I think he had to do something quick

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:54 PM

Aug 2012

The heat was ratcheting up and he needed a distraction, pronto. Why else did he use the Saturday morning act?

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

6. Seriously, Mr. Romney is being hammered by the Obama campaign

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:55 PM

Aug 2012

on the presumptive presidential candidates' upward redistribution economic ideology.

It makes no sense at all to double down on that.

Instead of softening the harshness, he choose to double down...

rurallib

(62,448 posts)

7. absolutely

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:40 PM

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Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

8. Andrea Saul forced his hand.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 08:30 PM

Aug 2012

That normally merely screaming banshee, Ann Coulter, went positively nuclear about her Massachusetts health care comments and she was but one to torpedo the SS Rmoney over it.

New precedent has been set on Friday news dumps - do the really vile shit at midnight.

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