When an opposing campaign says the other candidate may have committed a felony its all over

[NNN0LHI]

Take my word on this one.

No one can recover from that.

Don

[Raven]

1. I agree. Especially when the opposing campaign is

right. I wonder if we're going to get a "Checkers" speech.

[WCGreen]

3. I don't think Mrs. Romney has a simple cloth coat like Pat Nixon....

[Raven]

10. How 'bout a tee shirt. :-)

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. She does have a horse

[coalition_unwilling]

14. Somehow, I don't think a "Seamus" speech would have the

same credibility

[LiberalEsto]

2. I wonder if we're going to get stuck with Jeb Bush nt

[GarroHorus]

6. Nope, they'll run a sacrificial lamb and write off 2012

Nobody, not even Jeb Bush, can put together the sort of machine required for a national election in just over three months.

[GarroHorus]

4. Especially when the opposing campaign runs the justice department and has all the evidence.

Fork

Done

[Lex]

5. IF the news will cover it

that is.

[RagAss]

7. No media coverage - No crime.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. I hope so

Maybe this will prevent those who have picture ID's in PA from voting for Romney and instead, throw their votes at Obama. *cross fingers*


If they can disenfranchise and get away with it - my party leadership can tell the truth . . . and get away with it.

[randome]

9. Better yet, if Obama truly has the election sewn up...

...(and I think he does), Holder should let the Voter ID crap alone. Republicans will become disenfranchised because of it and then there will be such a stink that most of the laws will HAVE to be reversed.

Let Republicans turn against Republicans who took away their votes.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Oooh

Another one as nefarious as me! :chuck: Me likey that concept!

[spanone]

11. yes, but you're describing a playing field where people play fair....that's not politics

[democrat_patriot]

12. Except for now, the story is mostly being ignored

It's been Condi for VP so far. Really?

[NNN0LHI]

19. So what?

Does this seem like the kind of story that is going to improve for Romney over time?



Don

[democrat_patriot]

24. I suppose not - but a story ignored is a story that doesn't help us win.

I was hoping this would get the coverage that Rev. Jeremiah Wright received. Maybe in time they will...

A preacher saying questionable things V.S. lying to the federal government. Liberal media indeed.

[Johonny]

15. John Kerry lost to a guy who commited crimes against humanity

Bush started illegal wars under false pretenses, tortured people, imprisoned them indifferently without trial, etc...

Bush won.

Pappa Bush, Iran contra.

Compare that to a SEC charge. Romney will lose because he is a terrible, terrible candidate. Here's hoping he ends up a terrible, terrible candidate with a Felony conviction. Why is it only Martha Stewart goes to jail?

[yardwork]

17. You underestimate the capacity for denial among half the U.S. population.

Romney will be the candidate and most Republicans will put their fingers in their ears, sing la-la-la I can't hear you, and go to the polls and vote for Romney.

Edit typo

[Sheepshank]

18. Likely the 1% see Romney as their saviour and hero

and since they are all doing the same thing will throw even bigger money at him in some sort of attempt to validate or even obfuscate his, and by extension their behavior.

[randome]

23. Money will not solve this.

There is a point of diminishing returns on money spent on a campaign.

[yardwork]

26. Money spent on TV and radio ads, and money given to pastors and other leaders will influence people.

TV and radio ads work. The Republicans can lie as outrageously as they want and 50% of the country will still believe them and will vote accordingly. We have an election system that is not at all rational.

My hope is that Obama's ads will be just as influential. Unfortunately, he's going to have to take wads of cash from corporations and Wall Street in order to make those ads. That's why we're in the mess we're in. The Democrats aren't that much less beholden to the corporate interests than the Republicans. However, the Democrats are somewhat better all the way around, which is why they have my vote.

[grantcart]

20. Not sure about that but when several fact checking organizations say it, you have major problems.

[LaurenG]

21. I am hopeful that no amount of kitty litter

will cover that up but I have seen the r's do incredible amounts of covering up so here's hoping you're right

[renate]

22. But John King says everything is fine

Another Bain Democrat who did not want to be identified by name said Romney had no role after taking the Olympics post.

"Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. He was just gone. And it happened very suddenly. ... After that, he was not on calls or writing memos. He was gone."

To be clear, all four of the sources voiced professional loyalty and personal respect for Romney. And all four have a vested interest in defending the work of Bain. But they were consistent in describing Romney's departure as abrupt and in saying they could not recall him around the office in the months that followed.

Two highly reputable arbiters of political debate -- The Washington Post's fact-checking arm and FactCheck.org -- also on Thursday stood by their earlier findings that Romney stepped away from any active role at Bain when he accepted the Olympics post. And Fortune reported that it obtained private Bain documents that support the Romney account.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/politics/john-king-bain/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

I'm sure these four unbiased Bain sources all have 100% knowledge of the inner workings of Bain and were in on every secret meeting, so we have to take their word that he wasn't still part of business decisions that the higher-ups would have wanted to keep hidden and untraceable. And in this age of the Pony Express and telegraph machines, there's obviously no way that somebody could stay involved with a business without being around the office. Nothing to see here, folks.

[yardwork]

27. The fact that he didn't show up for work is irrelevant. Romney probably wasn't at work much before.

These people "run" corporations the same way that W served in the Texas Air National Guard - awol.

[B Calm]

25. I hope you are right!