# GOP Activists to Romney: Why Aren't You Winning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835 "2012-09-16T00:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/61 "2012-09-17T13:36:54Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It also probably doesn’t help that the Republicans have been making such a spectacle of being obstructionist. That’s going to deflect some of the blame that Obama would have otherwise have gotten for the economy and other problems. More simply, [most people blame Bush more than Obama](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62038.html) for it anyway. And Romney is promoting the return of Bush policies. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/62 "2012-09-17T15:30:45Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Romney has made no attempt whatsoever to explain what he’d do if elected. I think he truly believes that repeating “My name is not Barack Obama” would magically give him the keys to the Oval Office. Now the team of Vulture and Voucher is like a sailboat in a dead calm. This has been the worst run campaign that I can recall, and I can recall them going back to 1964. Trying to milk the Libyan dead before the bodies were even identified was the final coffin nail. He might have even gotten away with that, if he hadn’t done it in person, smirking his way through the attempt to exploit the event and leaving an indelible impression on the reporters that there was something just not right about him. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/63 "2012-09-17T16:54:03Z")
The [blaming](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/romney-campaign-finger-pointing-aims-strategist-stuart-stevens-article-1.1161231) begins. (Link to NY Daily News website.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/64 "2012-09-17T17:03:14Z")
That looks to be highlights of a much larger [politico.com](http://politico.com) piece that appeared yesterday: > **[Inside the camp: How Mitt stumbled](https://www.politico.com/story/2012/09/inside-the-camp-how-mitt-stumbled-081280)** > > The convention has led to sniping about both the candidate and his campaign muse, Stuart Stevens. I didn’t watch the Eastwood speech, but I’m flabbergasted to learn that it was largely extemporized. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/65 "2012-09-17T17:31:07Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Yeah, Romney is doing terribly. [Six points ahead](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/north_carolina/election_2012_north_carolina_president) in North Carolina, the state in which Democrats just held their convention. Why, he may as well quit now. Let’s just say for the sake of argument that Romney does get NC (15 EV). Let’s also spot him VA (13), OH (18), WI (10), IA (6), CO (9), and NV (6). He still loses if he does not get FL as well as all of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/66 "2012-09-17T19:49:46Z")
I thought of starting a thread on that Politico piece. It’s a definite sign that the Romney campaign is in the first throes of a death spiral. You usually get this kind of story after a loss but the election is still seven weeks away. The Hillary, McCain and Romney campaigns all look rather similar don’t they ? Growing chaos and dissension as they are methodically picked apart by the Obama team. ---
**Author:** ![2ManyTacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3da27b/32.png) [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/67 "2012-09-17T19:58:26Z")
[Ladies and gentlemen, could this be the ace in the hole?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-video_n_1829455.html) So now, apparently, according to Mittens himself, Obama voters are “dependent on government” and “believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing.” This kind of bullshit resonates with the GOP base, but among the rest of the public it’s bound to come off as ridiculous nonsense. If anything, this video further hurts Romney’s chances of trying to come off as the everyman, and the Obama team should jump on this to rile up the Dem base and turn over the independents to their side. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835/68 "2012-09-17T20:24:15Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I thought of starting a thread on that Politico piece. It’s a definite sign that the Romney campaign is in the first throes of a death spiral. You usually get this kind of story after a loss but the election is still seven weeks away. The Hillary, McCain and Romney campaigns all look rather similar don’t they ? Growing chaos and dissension as they are methodically picked apart by the Obama team. I agree. Folks need to remember that while a presidential campaign is primarily about electing a candidate, it’s also a career stepping stone for the campaign staffers. Dishing to the press now is a sign that some of those staffers want to soften their own landing when Romney going bust. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-activists-to-romney-why-arent-you-winning/634835.md?page=3)