OKAY if the GOP is pulling the Race card on the Eve of the FIRST election can we just stick

[diabeticman]

a fork in the Romney/Ryan Campaign and call it over done?

[elleng]

1. WISH we could.

Sicker Sicker Sicker

[Lex]

2. People who tune in to the debate will find out Pres. Obama is black

anyway, so I'm not sure this race card thing will work for them.

[diabeticman]

3. I'm just saying if they are going for this now that the GOP know they have lost and are just

going for the racists vote.

[Lex]

4. . . . which they have already

so yeah, what's the point? They are desperate and clutching at ANYthing.

[diabeticman]

5. yeah. they are basically done

[BarackTheVote]

6. I don't get the strategy here...

Obviously the independent voters don't care that Obama's black, or else they would have already committed to Romney... so... this race-baiting is DOA. They're seriously still trying to solidify their racist base? This late in the game? What's the point? Or do they honestly think everyone in this country is as racist as they are?

[Dawson Leery]

9. Scott Brown is doing the same in Massachussetts.

His campaign is done. This is New England, race baiting has a negative effect.

[tblue37]

10. They are not trying to "win over" the racists--they are trying to motivate them

to vote.

They know that many of their usually reliable base have so many issues with Money Boo Boo that they might be too disillusioned to get to the polls at all.

By provoking their most racit feelings, this sort of thing is meant to remind them that whether or not they want Romney, they really do NOT want Obama, so they should get out and vote.

Mainly I think they're hoping to get enough Rs to the vote to prevent the House and Semate races from going the way of the pesdidential race.

[lunasun]

11. no I think they are going after the groups that votes out of fear

seniors
white suburban soccer moms
anyone who gets a little hinkey over a black man but was putting that as secondary in their vote
they are trying to bring that fear back in the forefront of voting
doubters make new votes then
they already would have to be on the fence or over to listen to this but just in case they were thinking of voting D
this ploy sez they should think again
they need these fear voters back
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/88248f12-d800-11e1-9980-00144feabdc0.html#axzz28CISBcdY

[standingtall]

7. I will not be shocked at all

If Romney brings up Jeremiah Wright in the debate tomorrow, or his campaign begins talking about it following the debate. They are desperate now, and will try anything.

[barbtries]

8. do you mean first debate?

and can you elaborate on what you're talking about? thank you.

[gollygee]

12. Maybe it'll make more people want to watch

and more people will hear Romney's next attack of foot-mouth disease.

[Mnemosyne]

13. I think they are trying to brand the President as a racist. jmho nt

[Generic Brad]

14. They have dispensed with the dog whistles.

Now they are doing their rebel yells out in the open.