WHY ROMNEY LOST - DEAL WIDDIT… By Bob “Sully” Sullivan, Host of “THE COALITION” on NEWSRADIO FM 95.7 & AM600 KOGO.
ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED BY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THIS ELECTION? WHETHER IT BE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THE JERRY BROWN TAX AND SPEND PROPOSITION OR THE MAYORAL RACE…
Or even Chris Mathews saying that he’s glad the storm came last week because it brought “good political possibilities?!”
I feel sorry for Obama. He's inheriting his last for years.
STOP YOUR WHINING!
You can't sell people a food that no one's tasted, you can't run a guy who fathered Obamacare against Obamacare, and if you can't sell a car because you don't like it, how are you going to sell a party that you apologize for?!
Romney "became conservative" during the summer, BUT he had years of moderate actions while as governor and on the campaign trail, including working with Democrats to install Obamacare in Massachusetts.
AND ANOTHER THING
Per the Washington Post –
This wasn’t JUST an economic referendum:
Romney built his entire campaign around the idea that the only question for voters was “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
The goal was to turn the entire election into a straight referendum on Obama’s handling of the still struggling economy.
It didn’t work.
6 in 10 voters said the economy was the top issue for them and among that group Romney won 51 percent of the vote 47 percent for Obama. And yet Romney lost — and lost convincingly.
Why?
Obama turned the race into class warfare.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A HUGE HISPANIC PROBLEM:
Nationally, Latino voters comprised 10 percent of the total electorate. Obama won 69 percent of their votes while Romney won just 29 percent.
In Florida, Latinos accounted for nearly one in every five voters and Obama won them by 21 points.
You simply cannot lose 7 in 10 Hispanic voters in elections and expect to be a viable national party in 2016, 2020 and beyond.
It’s time for Sen. Marco Rubio — to put his foot down and speaks the truth to his party about the effect their stances on immigration are having on their long-term political prospects.
THE YOUTH VOTE IS NO LONGER DISMISSIBLE
In 2008, then candidate Obama promised to energize the youth vote like no candidate had done before him.
Eyes rolled — including mine.
But Obama was right. Voters aged 18-29 comprised 18 percent of the electorate in 2008 and Obama won them by 34 points.
The only question going forward is whether the youth vote is tied to President Obama uniquely or whether it is an advantage for Democrats more broadly.
ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED BY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THIS ELECTION? WHETHER IT BE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THE JERRY BROWN TAX AND SPEND PROPOSITION OR THE MAYORAL RACE…
More importantly, what are you fearful of and what are you hopeful for over the next few pivotal years in this great country’s history? GIDDY UP.
