Rick V Mitt

[kdavoli]

Strategy in electoral politics is sometimes portrayed as 'too complex for the public to understand' but as I see it there are only two ways to fail a two-party election: Not getting enough votes for your guy, and too many votes going for the other guy.

Given that simplistic and crude premise, the other day, severinpgh asked me with respect to strategic

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[ravens_prentice]

So... Romney would be kind of like Gore? A LOT of people want to see his opponent lose, but enough will be moved by idealism (is the sort of hate that drives Santorum fans idealism?) to vote fringe that he won't win?

[kdavoli]

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[ravens_prentice]

Ok, how do you think the video of Santorum calling Obama a nigg*choke* is going to affect this?