Romney Blames Loss on Obama’s ‘Gifts’
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Romney Blames Loss on Obama’s ‘Gifts’
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In a conference call Wednesday, Mitt Romney blamed his loss in the presidential election on “gifts and initiatives” President Obama gave to young, African-American, and Hispanic voters. He said Obama followed the “old playbook” of catering to specific demographics. He added that for young people, forgiveness of college loan interest was “a big gift,” as was free contraceptives. He said free health care “was a big plus” for Hispanics and African-Americans voters, too. Louisiana Governor and rumored 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal slammed Romney's excuses Wednesday, saying "that is absolutely wrong...we have got to stop dividing American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent."
Louisiana Governor has it right.
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In a conference call Wednesday, Mitt Romney blamed his loss in the presidential election on “gifts and initiatives” President Obama gave to young, African-American, and Hispanic voters. He said Obama followed the “old playbook” of catering to specific demographics. He added that for young people, forgiveness of college loan interest was “a big gift,” as was free contraceptives. He said free health care “was a big plus” for Hispanics and African-Americans voters, too. Louisiana Governor and rumored 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal slammed Romney's excuses Wednesday, saying "that is absolutely wrong...we have got to stop dividing American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent."
Louisiana Governor has it right.
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
long before the election.
Was it the only motivation, I don't think so.
Was it goodwill and positive moves helping some people, yes.
I understand the message here and believe Romney is correct.
Those moves got votes to reelect the President
though he had not done a great job in the first four.
What I don't agree with is the insinuation they were done only to get votes.
nope, couldn't be that at all...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
None of it was true, and Romney lost for the same reasons his campaign staggered for so long. He was a terrible candidate with an ever-changing menu of opinions positions.
Perhaps Obama can give Romney a mirror?
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Popular Vote 2012 - Results Breakdown: Education, Turnout and Demographics
The election is over, but the results and returns aren't finalized just yet. However, we can still glean a great deal about the makeup of this electorate.
Before the official tally can be recorded, each state must finish counting outstanding absentee and provisional ballots, many of which come from overseas.
While the outcome isn't in dispute in any state, plenty of precincts, from small, rural towns to large cities, have yet to officially certify their vote totals.
But exit poll data sheds some light on the makeup of this year's voters and their choices.
In total, about 122 million people voted in this year's election.
Barack Obama won about 50.5 percent of their votes, or just under 61 million. Mitt Romney won about 48 percent of the vote, just under 58 million, but Obama's margin could grow to more than 3 percent once all the votes are in.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson won a little over a million votes nationwide, or just under 1 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein garnered less than half a million, taking about a third of a percent of the vote.
While Obama only had about a 2.5 percent margin of victory in the popular vote, he won the Electoral College 332 to 206, counting Florida's 29 votes, which aren't yet official, but make no difference to the end result either way.
That's nearly 62 percent of the Electoral College, a landslide by any measure.
As in 2008, Obama won the women's vote by a large margin, taking 55 percent of female votes. But Obama lost the men's vote, receiving only 45 percent of votes cast by men, unlike in 2008, when he also carried the male vote.
Romney did very well among white voters, with nearly 60 percent voting for him, but recent demographic shifts meant that wasn't enough for him to win. Obama carried minorities by a huge margin.
Over 93 percent of African-Americans voted for Obama this year, as well as 73 percent of Asian-Americans and 71 percent of Latinos.
Latinos voters in particular were a problem for Romney, and the Republicans, as their share of the electorate continues to grow, and they were crucial in winning important swing states for Obama, like Nevada, Colorado and Florida, and are the main reason New Mexico is now a solidly Democratic state.
Older voters went for Romney, and the younger the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Obama. Voters 40 and over favored Romney, and those 39 and under favored Obama.
Contrary to Republican predictions, turnout among young voters was actually slightly higher this year than in 2008, as was African-American turnout.
Turnout in every swing state except Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire was up, though it was down nearly 10 percent in the rest of the country.
New York and New Jersey also saw declines of around 15 percent due to Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath.
In an interesting result, level of education seemed to make little difference in a particular voter's preference. Obama led Romney by only 2 points among college graduates, 50 percent to 48 percent, almost exactly the result in the general population.
And Obama only did 1 point better among voters who don't have a college degree.
In fact, the more education a voter had, the more likely they were to vote for Romney, to a point, though the gap never increased beyond 4 points. However, among voters with the highest levels of education, those with schooling beyond the undergraduate level, support for Obama jumps to 55 percent, and drops to 42 percent for Romney, a 13-point gap not seen where else along that spectrum.
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Thank you American voters for not falling for his bullshit.
Kinda hard to disagree with this.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
When are they going to learn to take responsibility for their decisions? Their sense of entitlement is destroying our country!
romney embarrassed the gop. or the gop embarrassed itself with the candidates it chose to field.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Yeah, I think anyone who thought it was close is in slight denial.
is election day a public holiday, or do they expect you all to work and somehow fit voting into your schedule?
take a good look
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Ya think in a country where working harder, faster, longer is the corporate way of life, they're going to make election day an actual holiday?
I kinda think if it was a holiday some Americans would be even less likely to vote. Road trip! Day off!
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
No pouting, no gloating. How's shit supposed to move on, otherwise?
As to the voting/public holiday thing, I've never waited more than a few minutes to vote (though now I do the absentee ballot) - this may be particular to Los Angeles, I'm not sure. But all of the companies I've worked for have allowed some extra paid time to hit the polls.
Pondering this, the Rush lyric from Free Will comes to mind - "if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".
voting is compulsory here in oz. tho once this wizard floated in in a balloon and we let him stay..anyways... i think voter turnout here would be considerably lower if it werent compulsory. australians arent as invested in their politics as americans appear to be. thats not to say we dont care tis just we didnt have to fight for our freedoms the way americans had to. our independence as it is was handed to us, before discussions on democratic suffrage were going on in europe so we tend not to se voting as an important part in being a full citizen in a democracy. the fact that we are australians is enough. we tend to see voting as a chore. its a rare to meet anyone who actually belongs to a political party cause its seen pretty much as a waste of time. political values flow from the experience of the people and that of their ancestors and what they see as the role of politics and government.
so to your question as to whether i think voting should be mandatory, it depends on the country. id like to think it could be non compulsory here in oz but voter turnout would drop. our population isnt all that big so it could turn into a case where we have a minority party in power...oh wait.. we have that now.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I think there are some here who also view voting as a chore, yet as a duty as well - the good kind, if that makes sense.
i guess if you feel disenfranchised from the system you will view voting as something to be endured. its not like the politicians make it attractive with all the bullshit that comes out of their mouths and the collective inaction by those who were thought to be different from the last guy. i would love for someone to stand up and say what they want to, not what theyre gonna do and admit that theres a good chance their intentions will be thwarted by those who dont share the vision. dont make promises(in any guise) that you know cant be kept.. cause it shits us no end when you get into power and then say oh well we cant do that because blah blah blah.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
doesnt sound like something i would say. which voters are you referring to?
take a good look
this could be the day
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i just need to say
It wasn't close from an electoral perspective, but last I checked Romney had 48.6% of the vote and Obama had 51.4% of the vote. Only a 2.8% difference. Sure 3.5 million more votes is a lot, but Romney still almost had 50% of the vote, so half the country is still against Obama's policies. But yeah, Obama won.
True, but I'd say "half the country is still against Obama", as opposed to policies. I'm sure some, or many are, but plenty of people on both sides voted without policy in mind. I know many people who hate Obama who really have no clue what his policies are.