Where Mitt Romney went wrong and stayed there

Mitt Romney had a choice this election: He could surf the bubbling froth of right-wing rage against the president all the way to the White House, or he could discard the racialized narrative of the Obama presidency put forth by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich.

Throughout the campaign, much of his party was pushing him in one direction: Some Republicans still believed the president was not born in the United States; conservative media figures presented everything from Obama's economic policy to the Affordable Care Act as seeking racial vengeance, accused him of lying about his religion, and argued that he secretly sympathizes with America's enemies. As National Journal's Ron Brownstein dubbed it, the 2012 election is a battle between the gray and the brown, the GOP's aging white base versus the Democrats' increasingly diverse coalition. Relying almost exclusively on the white vote, however, is a strategy with an expiration date. It's a move that cuts against the demographic tide. As one Republican adviser put it to Brownstein, "this is the last time anyone will try to do this."

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11 ... -out-dirty

Good article....

"Romney Closes Dirty"... Well, of course he does. That's what the GOTP, Rove, Sununu and all the rest of the Neanderthals do best. If he wins, it won't be because he's the "better candidate". It will be because they played dirtier. (Like, that's something new with the GOTP.)

47%/47% last poll I saw so maybe Mother Jones is wrong again. The Week was running the numbers and the Black & Hispanic vote both need to be at 2008 levels for Obama to win re-election.

Fred, the article is about his campaign and where he went with it.

Like I listen to Mother Jones.

I really didn't expect any of you on the right to be open to a different look at your candidate.

Wait, Mitt triangulated back to the center after the primary, and muzzled Ryan but MJ thinks he is still playing hardcore righty?

Raees wrote: I really didn't expect any of you on the right to be open to a different look at your candidate.

Ditto to you on the left.

And then you have Obama who says a vote for him is a vote for revenge!
More militant?

FredHayek wrote: And then you have Obama who says a vote for him is a vote for revenge!
More militant?

Don't forget he also refers to us as "the enemy" (the great uniter... not-so-much)