Romney losing donors?

AlpsStranger · Oct 2, 2012

Romney could be facing a donor crisis if he doesn't recover soon, at least according to this Fox Business story.

TL;DR: If he's still behind after the debates Romney risks losing his money support to down ticket Republicans. Silver lining being that GOP senate and house candidates would get a cash boost, and the donors don't seem to be moving to Obama so far.

Cutlass · Oct 2, 2012

Guy on the radio yesterday was talking about the thing to watch to tell what the campaigns are really doing is their buys of advertisments in different areas. Where they are cutting their advertising, they've given up those locations.

AlpsStranger · Oct 2, 2012

Sadly, neither campaign is giving an inch of ground in the state of YouTube :sad:

downtown · Oct 2, 2012

We're almost to the point where this wouldn't even matter anymore.

holy king · Oct 2, 2012

what did they even think when making him candidate?

AlpsStranger · Oct 2, 2012

holy king said:
what did they even think when making him candidate?

holy king · Oct 2, 2012

oh. yeah.

Luckymoose · Oct 2, 2012

Huntsman is the only one worth voting for on that list.

WindFish · Oct 2, 2012

Luckymoose said:
Huntsman is the only one worth voting for on that list.

I heard that Huntsman wanted to shut things down like the EPA

GhostWriter16 · Oct 2, 2012

AlpsStranger said:

Ron Paul is on that list so why they ran Mitt is beyond me

In all seriousness though, I would imagine Huntsman would have done better than Romney, so why did they pick Mitt?

WindFish said:
I heard that Huntsman wanted to shut things down like the EPA

Well, I don't know about Huntsman, but I for one would agree with him if he did

AlpsStranger · Oct 2, 2012

GhostWriter16 said:
In all seriousness though, I would imagine Huntsman would have done better than Romney, so why did they pick Mitt?

Because the rabid thumpin' culture warrior base wouldn't let them pick someone like Huntsman.

Remember, it's a double gate. You have to survive the GOP primary and the general while the base is working hard to keep that particular Venn diagram from overlapping.

ELITEOFWARMAN8 · Oct 2, 2012

The GOP candidates been lackluster for the past 2 elections. It's hysterical.

peter grimes · Oct 2, 2012

Why do self-identified conservatives dislike the EPA? :dubious:

Murky · Oct 2, 2012

peter grimes said:
Why do self-identified conservatives dislike the EPA?

Because the corporations that bankrolled their campaigns tell them to.

dutchfire · Oct 2, 2012

If the money is now moving to state wide races, that lowers the chance that Democrats will be able to take the house/senate, and you country can actually be governed again.

Antilogic · Oct 2, 2012

WindFish said:
I heard that Huntsman wanted to shut things down like the EPA

Yeah, Huntsman acquired a reputation as a moderate despite supporting some awfully right-wing policies (like his tax plan). The connection with the Obama administration, consistently low polling, and his comments like "yes we evolved" gave him a free pass from scrutiny on the policy side.

kramerfan86 · Oct 2, 2012

Antilogic said:
Yeah, Huntsman acquired a reputation as a moderate despite supporting some awfully right-wing policies (like his tax plan). The connection with the Obama administration, consistently low polling, and his comments like "yes we evolved" gave him a free pass from scrutiny on the policy side.

I think its a sad statement for the modern republican party when a simple statement like "we evolve" is both controversial and a big deal .

hobbsyoyo · Oct 2, 2012

dutchfire said:
If the money is now moving to state wide races, that lowers the chance that Democrats will be able to take the house/senate, and you country can actually be governed again.

True story. Makes me sad.

Of course, in this context, I define governing as constant vetos and an unwillingness to compromise. Currently, we only have one of those things going for us.

AlpsStranger · Oct 2, 2012

kramerfan86 said:
I think its a sad statement for the modern republican party when a simple statement like "we evolve" is both controversial and a big deal .

Theory in crisis, yo. Haven't you heard of its impending doom? The scientists, by and large, don't seem to have gotten the memo either

Leoreth · Oct 2, 2012

kramerfan86 said:
I think its a sad statement for the modern republican party when a simple statement like "we evolve" is both controversial and a big deal .

And suffices to convince moderates that he's the most reasonable of the bunch!

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