# Prediction: Romney landslide win **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655 "2012-09-14T02:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![moonshot925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/21 "2012-09-14T03:32:09Z")
Reagan crushed Carter 489-49 in 1980 and he crushed Mondale 525-13 in 1984. Romney will definitely get over 400. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/22 "2012-09-14T03:34:56Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > Reagan crushed Carter 489-49 in 1980 and he crushed Mondale 525-13 in 1984. > > Romney will definitely get over 400. Are you cloning a vast army of trailer-park yokels to vote for him? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/23 "2012-09-14T03:36:47Z")
New York and California and Illinois alone have 104 electoral votes. To believe Romney gets over 400 you have to believe he either wins some of those states, or he wins almost every single other state. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/24 "2012-09-14T03:38:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > New York and California and Illinois alone have 104 electoral votes. To believe Romney gets over 400 you have to believe he either wins some of those states, or he wins almost every single other state. By cutting taxes on the rich, Romney will retroactively grow electors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/25 "2012-09-14T03:41:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Meh. I live about four hours from the border, I can probably get across before the Canadians close it. I live about four _miles_ from the border. (And I can walk to Canada at low tide.) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/26 "2012-09-14T03:46:41Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > - and donā€™t discount the fact that heā€™s Mormon. Leaving religion out of it, donā€™t discount the fact that heā€™s a Moron. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/27 "2012-09-14T03:48:47Z")
Things are looking worse and worse for Obama. The chickens are coming home to roost. I donā€™t see a landslide for Romney but I do predict that Obama will be soundly beaten. The Democrats on this board and in the country have been in denial about the situation for a long time. They cannot even conceive that their hero could lose. Another story which wonā€™t help matters for the present administration, from [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html), a liberal newspaper. > [@](#): > > US warned of embassy attack but did nothing > > According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and ā€œlockdownā€, under which movement is severely restricted. ---
**Author:** ![Sacrilegium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sacrilegium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacrilegium)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/28 "2012-09-14T03:52:26Z")
I love bold, confident prediction threads like this. Theyā€™re fun to bump after they fail. I already have my eye on [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623924) too. ---
**Author:** ![moonshot925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/29 "2012-09-14T03:53:34Z")
0bama and his Marxist thugs HAVE to go back to Chicagoā€¦Unlike the past few months, I am starting to feel pretty good about our chances of deposing of the Marxist. The entire nation has be harmed under this regime and Americans want a change. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/30 "2012-09-14T03:54:27Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Things are looking worse and worse for Obama. Yes, ever since the convention heā€™s been falling further ahead in the polls. > [@Klaatu](#): > > In your insular, poll-driven microcosm of liberal elitism, you have lost the bigger picture. Now I see! What a fool Iā€™ve been! Iā€™ve been trusting the polls and facts instead of my _gut_, where the truthiness is. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/31 "2012-09-14T03:55:55Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Things are looking worse and worse for Obama. The chickens are coming home to roost. I donā€™t see a landslide for Romney but I do predict that Obama will be soundly beaten. The Democrats on this board and in the country have been in denial about the situation for a long time. They cannot even conceive that their hero could lose. > > Another story which wonā€™t help matters for the present administration, from [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html), a liberal newspaper. I honestly have trouble believing someone would post this in sincerity. I can conceive that Obama could lose. And itā€™s because of the backwards and outright nonsensical nature of conservative policy that I wish that not to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Rampant\_Coypu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@Rampant\_Coypu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rampant_Coypu)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/32 "2012-09-14T03:57:34Z")
Romney has promised to raise taxes on everyone but the super rich. How can Romney win when Obama has cut almost everyoneā€™s taxes? Didnā€™t you fill out the ā€œmaking work payā€ worksheet on the back of your tax form? Didnā€™t you have to fill out the payroll tax holiday paperwork for every new hire? Romney wants all these tax cuts gone, tax cuts on regular working people and tax cuts for big businesses that are actually interested in hiring people. Romney will get rid of all of that and cut taxes for the rich while raising taxes for a good chunk of the middle class. How can Romney win when he has promised more taxes for almost everyone? Obama wants to keep demand stimulating tax cuts in place. People will see through Romney, and the Obama side is holding an October Surprise, theres a huge scandal about what Romney did in France waiting to go public. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/33 "2012-09-14T03:57:39Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > 0bama and his Marxist thugs HAVE to go back to Chicagoā€¦Unlike the past few months, I am starting to feel pretty good about our chances of deposing of the Marxist. The entire nation has be harmed under this regime and Americans want a change. Do me a favor. Define Marxist. Also, using a zero for Obamaā€™s ā€œOā€ comes across as less than serious. Do you think that helps your arguments? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/34 "2012-09-14T03:59:01Z")
Itā€™s mind-boggling how Romney can completely screw up, to the point where even Joe Scarborough and the National Review are calling him out, and certain people on the internet will still proclaim his political mastery and imminent victory in the face of all facts and logic. Mittens shit the bed on Tuesday, and his online fanboys are gathered around it talking up how thick and firm it is. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/35 "2012-09-14T03:59:17Z")
If Romney wins, Iā€™m leaving America! Oh, wait. Um ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/36 "2012-09-14T04:00:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If Romney wins, Iā€™m leaving America! > > Oh, wait. Um ā€¦ Just in case, do you have a spare bed? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/37 "2012-09-14T04:00:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Itā€™s mind-boggling how Romney can completely screw up, to the point where even Joe Scarborough and the National Review are calling him out, and certain people on the internet will still proclaim his political mastery and imminent victory in the face of all facts and logic. > > Mittens shit the bed on Tuesday, and his online fanboys are gathered around it talking up how thick and firm it is. ā€œBoy howdy, thatā€™s a good shit. Atta Boy Mr. Romney! Wait till those Dems see you sitting all covered in that. Theyā€™ll run for the hills, I reckon!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Linden\_Arden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/38 "2012-09-14T04:00:34Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > 0bama and his Marxist thugs HAVE to go back to Chicagoā€¦Unlike the past few months, I am starting to feel pretty good about our chances of deposing of the Marxist. The entire nation has be harmed under this regime and Americans want a change. You are either delusional or some type of performance art project. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/39 "2012-09-14T04:02:23Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > 0bama and his Marxist thugsā€¦ deposing of the Marxistā€¦ Groucho, maybe. More likely Harpo, but Chico is _right_ out. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655/40 "2012-09-14T04:03:34Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Just in case, do you have a spare bed? Sure thing. Special rate for you, farang. šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655.md?page=3)