# Is it too early to say Romney has lost? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 18, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066 "2012-09-18T13:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 93
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1842 "2012-11-07T19:23:10Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Golly it sure is quiet here today. > > This article at Redstate actually has me howling with laughter -[30 Reasons Republicans Lost the Election](http://www.redstate.com/mikehammond/2012/11/07/30-reasons-republicans-lost-the-election/). My favorite is 12: [QUOTE=RedState] It Follows That Republicans, Too Often, Combat “Vicious” With “Callow.” MSNBC & co. engaged in a ruthless, withering campaign to destroy potential **candidates like Bachmann and Palin, who could have cut into Obama’s demographic base**. The GOP has not done the same to, e.g., gaff-prone Joe Biden. [/QUOTE] Here in reality, I don’t think anyone except Bush or Cheney garner more personal animosity from “Obama’s demographic base” than Bachmann and Palin do. I can only assume they feel that if Bachmann and Palin hadn’t been vilified by the Media, they could have attracted women voters by sheer Vagina Power. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1843 "2012-11-07T19:24:28Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Well, that’s not really Rasmussen’s function. They don’t need to be any good at actually crunching numbers for the same reason a phone-sex worker doesn’t need to actually be any good in bed. LOL. Thanks for this. Here’s the President’s acceptance speech, for those who missed it in the wee small hours: [http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp\_rr\_7#/video/politics/2012/11/07/election-obama-victory-speech.cnn](http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_rr_7#/video/politics/2012/11/07/election-obama-victory-speech.cnn) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1844 "2012-11-07T19:31:02Z")
Bachman and Palin? Really? Santorum? Gingrich? You have to be kidding me. Redstate lives on a different planet, apparently. Now, mind you, I’m am happy that my president will continue to sit in that office for another four years, but it isn’t my style to dance around singing “Ding, dong the witch is dead.” But when Bachman and Palin are the brightest the GOP has to offer, you really have to wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1845 "2012-11-07T19:36:53Z")
Posted over in the Post-Election Day thread; dunno that we’ll see him back here: > [@The official post-Election Day thread:11/7/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/6): > > Preface: Obama is a shitty president and will still be one for the next four years. > > With that being said, the people have spoken. At this point, there isn’t anything left to say. I’m bummed about the outcome, but that’s life. As a country, we’re boned. But it doesn’t matter. If I were Senate and House Republicans, I’d just sign on to whatever piece of legislation Obama wants to pass. If that’s what the people want, let them have it. It does no good blocking them, as they’ll just be labeled “obstructionists”. So pass them and whatever happens, happens. If they end up turning the country around, great! If they cause damage to the country then maybe, just maybe, it’ll cause people to rethink their loyalty to the Democratic party. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1846 "2012-11-07T19:52:12Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > No need to read further, if the rest is as barking-mad delusional as the above. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by [Redstate.com](http://Redstate.com) > > 1. They Allowed Democrats To Pick Their Nominee For Them. > A succession of potential Republican nominees -– Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich –- were bright, attractive, and have compelling narratives. I can’t get my head around that…how, exactly, did the Democrats choose the Republican Nominee??? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1847 "2012-11-07T19:54:10Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > This article at Redstate actually has me howling with laughter -[30 Reasons Republicans Lost the Election](http://www.redstate.com/mikehammond/2012/11/07/30-reasons-republicans-lost-the-election/). Is the Redstate site a subsidiary of The Onion? Or is that one more example of Poe’s Law in action? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1848 "2012-11-07T20:56:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I can’t get my head around that…how, exactly, did the Democrats choose the Republican Nominee??? I presume he’s bitching about open primaries (where you don’t have to be preregistered with the party to vote). The complaint has nothing to do with reality, obviously – the Democrats who chose to monkey-wrench the open Republican primary were voting for the really crazy members of the clown parade like Bachmann, Cain, or Santorum, not Romney. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1849 "2012-11-07T20:58:21Z")
Its far too early to say that Romney has lost the 2016 election. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1850 "2012-11-07T21:00:52Z")
From your lips to Mitt’s ears! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1851 "2012-11-07T22:33:26Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I can’t get my head around that…how, exactly, did the Democrats choose the Republican Nominee??? Presumably, the in-the-bag for the Democrats MSM kept pointing out that the highly electable, reliably conservative options (Palin, Bachman, Cain, Perry) were either crazy, stupid or both, causing people to choose that wish-washy Romney fellow. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1852 "2012-11-07T22:55:47Z")
Um… just to be obvious. I think it is now NOT too early to declare that Mr. Romney has, in fact, lost. Release the pigeons! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1853 "2012-11-07T23:42:33Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I can’t get my head around that…how, exactly, did the Democrats choose the Republican Nominee??? What Folacin said. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1854 "2012-11-08T01:52:31Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Um… just to be obvious. I think it is now NOT too early to declare that Mr. Romney has, in fact, lost. > > Release the pigeons! But not the hounds. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1855 "2012-11-08T10:49:26Z")
Dr Rumack, to Romney and Ryan: > [@](#): > > I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1856 "2012-11-08T11:04:34Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Oh, you haven’t really gotten to the good parts: > > Originally Posted by Transmission From RedState Alternate Universe: > > 1. To the Contrary, Romney Jumped To Condemn Candidates Like Todd Akin And Richard Mourdock, Because The Media Ordered Him To Do So. He presumably thought that by denouncing Republican Senate candidates and throwing away the Senate, he could save himself. But, to the contrary, the Dems just proceeded to use the tiny, but universally condemned slips to label the Republican Party in general. Yep. If only he had kept his nerve they could have galvanised the largely uncommitted Rapist demographic and swept the electoral college board. I look forward to the next Republican campaign under the winning slogan of: ‘No Means Yes and Yes Means Anal’ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066/1857 "2012-11-08T14:33:20Z")
I loved Alec Baldwin’s tweet: “You know your party is in trouble when people ask did the rape guy win, and you have to ask which one?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066.md?page=92)