Manstr Guardian: Romney Will Lose His Home State By Wider Margin Than Any Other Candidate In History

[amborin]

Romney poised to lose home state by wider margin than any other candidate

"Mitt Romney's current standing in the polls in Massachusetts gives him the dubious honour of being more unpopular in his home state than any presidential candidate in modern history."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/19/romney-lose-home-state-massachusetts

[Rider3]

1. Which Home?

He was the governor of MA, but as a MA resident, I must correct you that this is NOT his home state. His home state is Michigan. However, with numerous homes all over the country in order to "prove" where he resides when he needs to prove it (in order to fit his agenda), you could be considered correct! Damn, I detest the man.

[Indpndnt]

4. It reminds me of DarthCheney's selection as VP. He had to miraculously and instantly change states.

Both the pres. and VP candidates can't be from the same state, so Darth instantly became a resident of Wyoming rather than a resident of the state he actually lived in, Texas. Funny how that happened.

[unblock]

7. that's not quite the case. prez and veep CAN be from the same state.

the only restriction is that in the electoral college, ELECTORS from that same state (texas in this case) can't vote for BOTH.
so in practice, they would have voted shrub for prez and abstained or voted for their aunt for veep.

had that happened, shrub would have become president, and then, with no one getting a majority of veep electoral votes, the house would have decided, and of course they would have given it to cheney.

[Indpndnt]

8. Ah, I didn't understand that distinction. Thanks for explaining that.

Why did Darth decide to pull the whole insta-move to Wyoming then, I wonder? Just to simplify the process? Imagine that electoral college VP mess tacked on to the end of the 2000 election debacle. Jeez.

[unblock]

18. yeah, even though it's rarely likely to matter, it's terrible politics

if you're running for president, you don't want all these questions about the legitimacy of your choice or esoteric constitutional procedures. even if it's technically no problem, it makes people question your ticket and perhaps vote for the other guy.

and then, if the house is controlled by the other party, there's always that chance that you win but your running mate doesn't, and the house decides to stick you with the their guy instead.

good lord, if that happened to me (ha!) first thing i'd do would be triple my secret service detail! i'd get bodyguards for my bodyguards!

[jmowreader]

22. Darth really was from Wyoming

He moved to Texas to run Halliburton.

The Constitution says, the electors meet and cast votes for the president and the VP, at least one of which must be from a state other than their own. It would be okay for both candidates to be from Wyoming - three EV almost certainly wouldn't swing an election. Texas, OTOH, has 37 EV, which would swing the election.

[renate]

2. this really should tell people something

I don't know why his favorability rating upon leaving office (wasn't it something like 35%?--it was Bushlike, anyway) isn't a bigger deal. I mean, what could be a better example of "this has been tried before and nobody liked it"?

[tavernier]

21. I agree

I haven't heard anything about this until now. Hey, when I'm hiring someone at my workplace, I do take into consideration how they are viewed by past employers.

[Indpndnt]

3. It cracks me up that Mass. is considered Willard's home state.

I don't think he even has a home state, unless you count the state of Michigan where he was born/assembled/hatched.

[Carly]

5. HA!

born/assembled/hatched

[Indpndnt]

10. ...

[Initech]

13. He has 10 houses so any one of those could be it.

[MrScorpio]

24. Trust me, we don't want him here in Michigan.

One of those joyful sacrifices, I suppose.

[Indpndnt]

25. Oh, I hear you. I'm in Texas.

Guess who I didn't want here in 2000 and 2004?

[Melissa G]

6. The Folks who Know Mitt Best

don't like him much. Very telling.

[Dawson Leery]

9. Obama will take at least 60% in the state.

Rmoney's loss will be at least 20 points, likely more.

[thelordofhell]

11. I think he's doing quite well in Bermuda

[JenniferJuniper]

12. He may own a house in MA but

that doesn't make it his home state.

[CorBlimeyGuvnor]

14. I love it that you're calling the source The Manchester Guardian

...it's been published in London for decades now (and unfortunately the hard-copy version, which I prefer, is losing circulation due to the recession and totally free content on the web)

[MadrasT]

23. I did not know that it was originally Manchester. Very interesting.

Whenever I travel to the UK, one of my favorite perks is that I am always able to easily get the print version.

[Jennicut]

15. Mittens is hardly Mass born and raised. He is no New Englander.

We don't say things like "the trees are just the right height." There are no Mormons here. Mitt sounds and talks like a mid westerner. He grew up in Michigan, that is his one and only home state. Mass was simply where he went to make money and find a Governorship.

[Tracer]

16. Yes there are Mormons here.

Have you forgotten the ginormous temple that they built in Belmont, overlooking Rt. 2?

[Jennicut]

17. True. Not that many I come in contact with though.

At least not in Connecticut or the part of Mass near the CT border (Springfield, etc.) I have never met a Mormon in CT, actually, I have met plenty of Jehovah Witnesses though. We seem to be inundated with them in Litchfield County in Connecticut.

[unblock]

19. yeah but he's ahead by billions in the caymans.

[tanyev]

20. To know him is to dislike him.