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applegrove

(118,682 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:43 AM Jan 2012

Romney's undesirable numbers, for peole white people making less than $50,000, have gone

from 29% two weeks ago to 49% today. Numbers just in via David Gergen on CNN. The whole GOP plan for 2012 has been torn to shreads by OWS and the 99%.

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Romney's undesirable numbers, for peole white people making less than $50,000, have gone (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2012 OP
....and that whole, "I like firing people" gaff. Vanje Jan 2012 #1
Yeah. He walked into that one with his eyes closed. The GOP should have been aware that people applegrove Jan 2012 #3
I don't think the Bain storyline has helped him with that demographic. Pirate Smile Jan 2012 #2
No. People already were beginning to oppose the 1% in greater numbers. And then Romeny just applegrove Jan 2012 #4
He's just a Phony even dumbass Thrill Jan 2012 #5

applegrove

(118,682 posts)
3. Yeah. He walked into that one with his eyes closed. The GOP should have been aware that people
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 01:48 AM
Jan 2012

woke up in November. And that they would look at wealth with new eyes. And with Romney the focus finally, he was himself in the last two weeks and himself is not what people want. They want somebody who doesn't have a tin ear to the struggle of the middle class.

applegrove

(118,682 posts)
4. No. People already were beginning to oppose the 1% in greater numbers. And then Romeny just
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 03:54 AM
Jan 2012

cements himself in that demographic... and an unapologetic 1%er at that.

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
5. He's just a Phony even dumbass
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:51 AM
Jan 2012

Republicans would eventually see it. He's the typical stuck pompous Rich guy?

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