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By Steve Benen
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The Hill quoted a GOP strategist saying Team Romney has "the stench of a losing campaign."
Politico quoted Greg Strimple, who worked on John McCain's 2008 campaign, saying, "The problem is the campaign is now in a spiral and no one knows how to pull out." The same piece quoted a senior Republican who's also deeply involved in this cycle's campaign, who said, "As a candidate, (Romney) is just not going to improve." A Romney bundler added, " W)e're just ... imploding."
The New York Times reported that a "palpably gloomy and openly frustrated mood has begun to creep into Mr. Romney's campaign for president," and some Romney aides "are now wondering whether victory is still possible." A "flustered adviser, describing the mood, said that the campaign was turning into a vulgar, unprintable phrase."
The Daily Beast ran a piece from Mark McKinnon, a former Bush adviser, who wrote, "I honestly don't know what Romney can do to win support from the voters he needs to gain a majority. I thought the debates would be an opportunity, but he has dug his hole so deeply now, I don't know if he can pull himself out.... I loved Michelle Obama's line in her speech: 'A presidency reveals who you are.' So do campaigns. And mark me down as one Republican not happy with what is being revealed about Mitt Romney."
And the Huffington Post quoted a Republican consultant with deep experience on Capitol Hill and extensive contacts in the Romney campaign, who said, "There's a feeling of almost that this thing's in free fall."
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Add the Republican candidates/elected officials who are running away from Mitt: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021377423
No time for complacency. Republicans are writing their own epitaph. Now that they're all on record with their regrets, get out the vote and the last nail. Make them even more regretful. Donate and vote.
eShirl
(18,466 posts)clusterfuck??
Mongolian clusterfuck.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Both seem highly appropriate.
"Goat rodeo" is printible, but it's definition is:
A situation that is hopelessly fucked up. The worst of three stages of goat-ness. First is the Goat Rope, defined else where.
Then there is the utilitarian Goat Fuck. This normally requires a serious amount of work to unfuck.
Lastly, there is the Goat Rodeo. The worst of the three, it is beyond even profanity. It describes a situation that involves many individuals screw ups, and implies that the fuck up is already well underway, meaning that there is no hope in stopping the mess. Usually said with a defeated tone."
The Rmoney campaign is all of the above.
emmadoggy
(2,142 posts)sarge43
(28,939 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 20, 2012, 06:14 AM - Edit history (1)
Current conditions: SNAFU with a 70% possibility of FUBAR storms?
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)We are getting a bit too comfortable. We need to fight harder against these illegal voting restrictions while continuing to find ways to get people registered and to the voting booths.
A vote doesn't count unless it's counted.
cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)It emboldens a certain type and their dittohead followers. They do not have ethics that most civilized people are ruled by. Lizard brains and fear/dogwhistle/whatever messages that appeal to lizard brains.
It is not a fair, ethical fight. We do not have to stoop to their levels, but we must acknowledge and, like the adults in the room, take charge.
calimary
(80,699 posts)We still don't have this thing won yet!
Save the champagne for what I hoe is the victory breakfast on the morning after!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)to counter the spending spree Rmoney & his PACS are bring forward.
bluerum
(6,109 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)Bake
(21,977 posts)Remember the Halloween/Friday 13th/Jason movies? The monster keeps getting back up!
Let's not let that happen here!!
Bake
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Heck. Forget the brush. Just dump the paint can on them.
We need control of all branches to finally undo the damage wreaked by Bush.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)forty years ago:
mikeytherat
(6,829 posts)His father was a cabinet minister, he's thought to be this year's outstanding twit, out of the gate he makes an immediate turn to the right, and in the end, he runs over himself.
mikey_the_rat
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)flamingdem
(39,304 posts)Mitt that is. Or something worse I won't write but it's said often by a cartoon character.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)I used to sell Comcast ... I can say that
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....is really causing a meltdown within the party. They have been dancing around the notion that Democrats are "The Party Of Welfare" and that was confirmed with the racists in their base who saw the black guy on their TV. It's one thing to HINT at it but to outright claim that EVERYBODY who voted for Obama the last time is a bunch of losers looking for a free ride off the government has got them in, as mentioned, "freak out" mode. This is only because of their lemming like urge to follow along conflicting with common sense.
Let's see which way it goes. I guarantee you, there will be a bunch that will adopt this 47% "fact" as gospel and act like they are superior to "those people".
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)The first debate will be a massive over reach of a robo-maniacal self-fuck for Romney.
eggplant
(3,893 posts)It's all going to be about the downticket races. GOTV!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)like a pallet of anchors. Arrgh, send 'em to Davy Jones' locker! (In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day)
Submariner
(12,485 posts)ruffburr
(1,190 posts)You are absolutely correct,No time for complacency, WE need to go for the jugular and end the GOP for a good long time em
calimary
(80,699 posts)"Clearly, Romney is not where he wants or needs to be, but I'm rather amazed the panic is so widespread and public. President Obama's leading, but his advantage can best be described as modest, and Romney and his allies are sitting out a mountain of cash, which will finance "carpet bombing" that has not yet begun. There's just no need for this freak-out."
The advertising carpet bombing hasn't begun yet. And they're sitting on all this cash. Why? We need to figure out what they're up to.
DO NOT GET COMPLACENT!!!!
DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)but we need to watch out for the sniper in the stands, because we know the GOP has the will and money.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Maybe a nice dirty bomb in Chicago will shake things up.
... or maybe that's not the best idea.