Look at the margins in Florida and some states. Imagine if the Ron Paul supporters and the Gary Johnson folks instead had voted for Romney. Even most of them. A few state balances would flip
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I agree with you but I think there are the questions of: How many stayed home? how many voted for Johnson and would never vote Republican for [insert philosophical/issue reason]? What would Romney have had to do to get them to vote for him? How many RonPaul/Johnson people held their nose for Romney? How many conservatives stayed home in general? How would this break down state by state? Iowa is not very Libertarian when you get down to it and Iowa as the keystone to Obama's reelection when combined with Virginia which didn't have a Johnson/Ron Paul option and does not allow write in candidates
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They don't have it in their narrative, and it's nothing that may be solidly provable. All you can do is take the third party votes, look at past behavior, and go, 'hmm
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That depends on if the electorate rewards them for being extreme or not. 2010 did reward their rhetoric after all.
I'd argue he needed a more charismatic, inclusive, and well organized opponent. Obama was vulnerable and candidates matter but the incumbency does have an impact and Obama is clearly a talented campaigner.
I agree on the general idea of inclusiveness but I think there is an argument on perspective: one man's moderate is another man's extremist after all. For instance Senator Heinrich is a moderate in my opinion but I'm sure he'd be considered a lefty leftist from communistville by others.
I think it also matters what those people in the middle do or say and like any politician your base can turn on you easily for something popular in the past. Leiberman and Clinton learned that with the Iraq war.
Obama does all right. He also has his definite weaknesses. That first debate almost did him in. He just responds well to mud.
I'm still not a fan of our president. I find him to be divisive, and to not push for things very often after the health care overhaul (which I still do not care for). I'm not sure what he's really been doing this last year, besides campaigning.
Now, in part, that's our whole system. The election stuff started in late 2010, and that's just... stupid. It gets longer proportionately than Christmas season does each year.
The EOTC thing of late is just baffling to me. As I've looked for work I'm asked what benefits/assistance I'm on. How about none? Well, the business doesn't get a tax break, so I'm overlooked. Not happy about that, at all. One more hurdle for me.
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I'd argue he needed a more charismatic, inclusive, and well organized opponent. Obama was vulnerable and candidates matter but the incumbency does have an impact and Obama is clearly a talented campaigner.
I agree on the general idea of inclusiveness but I think there is an argument on perspective: one man's moderate is another man's extremist after all. For instance Senator Heinrich is a moderate in my opinion but I'm sure he'd be considered a lefty leftist from communistville by others.
I think it also matters what those people in the middle do or say and like any politician your base can turn on you easily for something popular in the past. Leiberman and Clinton learned that with the Iraq war.
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I'm still not a fan of our president. I find him to be divisive, and to not push for things very often after the health care overhaul (which I still do not care for). I'm not sure what he's really been doing this last year, besides campaigning.
Now, in part, that's our whole system. The election stuff started in late 2010, and that's just... stupid. It gets longer proportionately than Christmas season does each year.
The EOTC thing of late is just baffling to me. As I've looked for work I'm asked what benefits/assistance I'm on. How about none? Well, the business doesn't get a tax break, so I'm overlooked. Not happy about that, at all. One more hurdle for me.
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