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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:08 PM Original message |
Do you believe Romney creates a long-term crisis for the GOP -- |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. There already is a crisis in the GOP: Regressives vs Corporatists |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Conservatives vs. Neocons |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes -- it's splitting them into more and more strained corners, |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I see it as a 3-way split. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Excellent post. And excellent insight on the hinge emotions of |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. One can only hope! |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. They'll hold their nose and vote for him if they have to. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Interesting - Mormons are mostlyt RepubliKlan yet |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It is odd. Romney did well in the Mormon-heavy states but other |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. The Mormon Republicans are a generational thing. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lessens his consideration.. Yes... but what are the alternatives? All the GOP running this cycles |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes. It really is a pathetic and miserable field to start with. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. We are talking about the surreal world that is ... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. it could very well be Romney. I hope to god it isn't, but |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Yep ... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The more people saw of Romney, the more they didn't like him. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It's true -- the more they saw of him the less likely they were to vote |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Romney flopped horribly in the primaries. He got crushed. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. JEBtm will be the anti-Romney |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Didn't Jeb's campaign staff work for Romney or something? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. He is a dilemma for Republicans, who want Mormons in the party, but not as president |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Precisely. |
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Arnold Judas Rimmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Corporatists love Willard, Religious Reich hates him for being LDS |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That could be Romney's ticket onto the ticket. |
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