JoeB131
Diamond Member
Your crack analysis seems to have missed a few points:
1. Not every Republican voter is as much of a bigot as you.
2. It's a PRIMARY, which is different than a general election.
3. He's got the highest percentage as the first choice, but still a minority and that's how diverse primaries always are.
4. He's not perfect but he's better than Obama. To anyone but you it seems.
1. It's not bigotry to judge someone on silly or crazy beliefs. Crazy and silly beliefs do not become less silly or crazy because you call them "a religion". And a lot of Republicans, Democrats and Independents really, really think Mitten's religion is crazy and silly.
2. It's a primary, but here's the thing. Only about as many people voted in 2012 as 2008- about 234K. So while Romney got a slightly larger percentage against the non-entities this time than he got against the serious candidates that ran last time, it means that there isn't all that much enthusiasm. Ron Paul went from 8% last time to 21% this time.
3. These primaries aren't "diverse". In 2008, you had McCain, Thompson, Guliani, and Huckabee. Some real serious candidates. Now what you have are a bunch of has-beens, most of whom haven't held office in a while, and he isn't anywhere near a majority in a state (liberal) that should favor him.
4. I don't see much difference between him and Obama on policy. I think Obama is a more moral person. But as far as campaigning goes- Obama went from being a back-bencher in the IL legislature to President in about four years. Romney has been running for stuff since 1994, and has only won one election against a non-entity a decade ago.
If he has a hard time with Crazy Ron Paul and Santorum, Obama's going to clean his clock.