Mitt Romney’s victory in the New Hampshire primary is big news.
It means that even if honesty, consistency, likeability and charm don’t come naturally—or even when forced—you can still win 10 percent less than a full majority.
All you need is three years of campaigning and a few million dollars to throw at every elected official at every level of government in the state. And once they’re campaigning for you, their constituents fall in line. (At least 40 percent of them.)
Money can’t buy you love, or popularity, or the ability to move your face muscles into anything that even remotely resembles a genuine expression. It can’t buy you a fan club or the support of the Republican establishment. But apparently it can buy you victory in the Granite State.
From all of us at ABLC, congratulations, Mitt. You bought earned this one!
And New Hampshire is his home state. He had a house there for years and years. And he was governor of the adjacent state.
Even more reason why he should have had well over 50%.
The punk is a turd.
The most important nugget from the NH primary: even though the GOP base is supposed to be furious that Obama is President and filled with passionate intensity against him, turnout in NH for the GOP primary was about even with 2008, and participation by actual registered Republicans was down. It was independents who crossed over to the GOP race because there was no contest on the Democratic side that kept turnout from being down further.
Republicans may hate Obama; but they’ve already concluded that they’re not excited or motivated to vote for any of their choices.
Which means WE need to be motivated. Turnout is the key in November. Starting now, with the voter registration drives, especially given all the Republican obstructions that came about because 2010 was our failure-to-work-hard-enough that we need to compensate for now.
And (metaphorically) punch a firebagging ratfucker in the face once a week. It feels good and helps us keep the naysayers down.
I just watched some douche from the ‘Club for Growth’ supporting Romney on the Daily Rundown this morning. His argument, Romney was a good businessman and sometimes you got to fire a few thousands peasants to turn a profit. A heartless corporate prick praising another corporate prick. This doesn’t help Romney’s push to be seen as ‘one of the folks’.
The problem for Romney is that he’s Mitt Romney – an emotionless investment banker, an unprincipled political hack who can’t hold the same beliefs from hour to hour and a Mormon. The Religious Right won’t back a Mormon and many Republicans are leery of voting for a banker in a post OWS/Tea Party world. And almost no one tolerates an unprinciple flip flopper.