2016 Postmortem

brewens

(13,590 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:20 AM Nov 2012

Enthusiasm gap? So just where does all this Romney enthusiasm come from? I just

can't see it. He has to be the least popular Republican candidate of my lifetime. Let's say adult lifetime anyway. I was 19 when Reagan beat Carter. There's the Mormon factor too. Lot's of conservatives hate Mormons.

So you have more of a chance of right-wingers turning out because they hate Obama, but how many will that be? So you hate blacks a little more than you hate Mormon's, and that's enough to make you endure the lines in some of these states? I think the voter suppression fired up more minorities than Republican's counted on. No data. Call it a hunch, a gut feeling!

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Enthusiasm gap? So just where does all this Romney enthusiasm come from? I just (Original Post) brewens Nov 2012 OP

I have no idea of what they are saying hollysmom Nov 2012 #1

Busing in Mormons?? Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #2

It's not enthusiasm for Romney, it's anti-Obama. Fox and the conservative media have succeeded... pointsoflight Nov 2012 #3

Yes, we see them all the time and they are noisy, but are they enough? How many people really brewens Nov 2012 #5

Not many promenant RePubs are enthusiastic about Robme mzteaze Nov 2012 #4

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. I have no idea of what they are saying

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:22 AM

Nov 2012

Every republican I know that is going to vote for him, and some are not, are voting for him because he is not Obama or because he is anti abortion and no other reason. The really dislike him, but not as much as obama.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. Busing in Mormons??

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:26 AM

Nov 2012

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)

3. It's not enthusiasm for Romney, it's anti-Obama. Fox and the conservative media have succeeded...

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:27 AM

Nov 2012

...in demonizing him, and getting people to believe he's something he's not.

brewens

(13,590 posts)

5. Yes, we see them all the time and they are noisy, but are they enough? How many people really

Reply to pointsoflight (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:47 AM

Nov 2012

believe all that crap? Out of about 12 people I work with, maybe two swallow all the Muslim/sohshulist bullshit. I would say six of them probably won't vote. I'll believe it when I see it, that they get this huge turnout.

mzteaze

(448 posts)

4. Not many promenant RePubs are enthusiastic about Robme

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:38 AM

Nov 2012

....so why expect their ground team (save for the teapotties, wingnuts and anti-Obamettes) to be enthusiastic.

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