Romney: ‘There is no question in my mind. We’re going to win.’

[monmouth]

Mitt Romney insisted he's going to win the presidency—despite polls showing him losing ground to President Barack Obama in battleground states.

In an interview with NBC News' Peter Alexander, the Republican presidential nominee rejected the idea that he's failed to connect with voters anxious over issues like high unemployment and the struggling economy.

"We're going to win. There is no question in my mind. We're going to win," Romney told NBC on Monday in Colorado, where he's campaigning. "The polls go up, polls go down. There've been some weeks I am ahead, some weeks I am behind. You know, all these states that voted for Barack Obama the last time, right now the majority of people in those states are saying that they don't want to vote for Barack Obama. My job is to make sure they understand what I stand for, they understand the path forward I would take. If I do that well, I'll be elected president, and I expect to do it well."

Romney talked to NBC News at the airport in Denver just before flying to a rally in Pueblo. His campaign scheduled a round of last-minute interviews with the three major television networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—to allow Romney to respond to Obama's Sunday interview with CBS' "60 Minutes."

Much more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-no-mind-going-win-184119905--election.html

[Blue Meany]

1. I didn't think Mormons used mind-altering drugs

[Summer Hathaway]

2. "... right now the majority of people in those states are saying ...

... that they don't want to vote for Barack Obama."

Really? Okay, name them.

What a delusional idiot.

[monmouth]

5. I honestly think there is something wrong with him and I'm not being snarky. He is so out of

reality. The proper remark would be along the lines of "we have a lot of work to do, It's been a bad few months" etc. Total denial is what I'm hearing.

[Voice for Peace]

28. or his handlers only give him rosy reports

or the fix is already in..
(though I'm optimistic election theft would be too
hard to hide, with the recent trend in polls)

[DonViejo]

53. Mitt knows full well that he is losing the election but

he's trying to hold on to what he's got. I'm sure he's not interested in replaying McCain's defeat, or even Barry Goldwater's. His staff is telling him the truth...and telling him what to say in order to keep the faithful on board. The bad thing, I think, is the simple fact his campaign staff is inept, not qualified for the positions they hold in the campaign.

I think the absence of Queen Ann from the campaign is telling too. Yes, she's really bad but, the Queen knows the truth too; she couldn't be trusted to be quiet about what she knows. Then too, she may be suffering severe fatigue from her MS; a flare up caused by long hours on the campaign trail, stress brought on by the campaign and what she knows.

[Voice for Peace]

58. the king is in the altogether?

2 swindlers sell the king a magic suit of clothes...

[yellerpup]

3. He can't make a case for his presidency.

He has offered no plan, no details, all over the place flip-flopping. I want to hear him say WHY he wants to be president and any reason with Obama in it is BS.

[cheezmaka]

4. Romney's ego is so big...

He can't even embrace "reality". The ONLY way he can win is if the Republicans STEAL the election...

[Raster]

34. Rmoney is the candidate of the party that STEALS ELECTIONS and does not think twice.

Remember kkkarl rove and his dubious "math"?

We need to guard this election like we guard Grandma's good silver.

This is a "MUST WIN" election for the repugs. Their ideology is on the line. The future of the G.O.P. is on the line.

We must expect EVERY DIRTY ELECTORAL TRICK possible.

[cheezmaka]

40. Very true

[ailsagirl]

46. 2004 was also a "must win" for the repukes

So they stole Ohio.

[Raster]

50. absolutely. they had to win 2004, so there would be no investigations....

....into Selection 2000 and also no investigations into the illegal invasion of Iraq.

[Tx4obama]

6. There are NO questions and also NO answers in Romney's mind - it's empty. n/t

[cheezmaka]

7. I want to hear Mitt Romney say the same thing...

AFTER the first debate!!!

[global1]

8. His Confidence Worries Me......

Rmoney seems too confident that he's got this in the bag and that worries me. What does he know? Was he given assurances that this election will be bought and paid for and/or stolen for him? Even though he's had a number bad weeks and is losing ground in the polls - he still thinks he's tied with the President. He still comes off cocksure that he's going to win. I'm very suspicious as to what he and the Repugs are planning in these last 40 or so days.

He is either delusional. Or he has orders from his Repug handlers to transmit confidence so he doesn't bring down the downticket races. Or he knows that they are going to steel it for him or that he's bought this election off.

What is it?

[monmouth]

12. Totally agree with all that you said. It's a concern...n/t

[gkhouston]

13. It doesn't bother me at all. I've known people like him, and they are capable of believing complete

bullshit when it suits their lie-of-the-moment.

[kurt_cagle]

14. Confidence

One of the first things you learn in military leadership classes is never to show doubt in front of your command. It's the same thing in MBA programs. Your company may be six months into real insolvency, the CFO absconded with what remains of the working capital, and customers are lining up ten deep protesting your defective products, but you never, ever let the mask of confidence slip.

You can only steal an election when the results are close enough anyway that you don't have to do it too many places - there are just too many chances of getting caught otherwise. The farther you slip outside the margin of error, the harder it is to explain away the discrepancies. Romney is slipping outside that margin of error, and he's now acting like a CEO that knows that if he allows even a crack of what he really feels out, it's over. However, the stress is also leaving him a basket case, and is transmuting into panic up and down the ticket.

If Romney can do even remotely well in the debates, he still may pull it through, but consider that he needed to "knock it out of the park" at the RNC and he failed. I think he'll crack in the debates.

[Voice for Peace]

29. He doesn't seem confident. His eyes are full of fear. There is chaos in his brain.

I see strong continuing potential for disintegration,
hair catching on fire,
stutters and gaffes.
An Emperor's New Clothes Moment

Oh dear, has somebody done a cartoon of him in
his royal underwear?

[GeorgeGist]

39. He's a sociopath.

He doesn't believe in losing.

Watch out when he does.

[JSK]

45. A little too reminiscent of Chimpy talking about FL in 2000

"My brother assures me we're going to win Florida...'

[ailsagirl]

49. DEEPLY DISTURBING

It's as if his 'win' is already a fait accompli

[morningfog]

51. He is just talking shit. It's all they got.

[Scuba]

9. Without Diebold and voter suppression? No way.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. He was misquoted.

He actually said "There is no question. In my mind we’re going to win."

[Voice for Peace]

30. It's an important distinction. But I've also seen it quoted thusly

"There.
Is no question in my mind?
We’re going too.
Win?"

[mucifer]

11. Well it's not that unusual to have a positive attitude.

Lots of people visualize their future selves to gain what they want. It's a self hypnotic technique. Of course it works better when these things are more in your control and not the voters.

[DCBob]

15. That's the same "mind" that doesn't know why airplane windows don't open.

I rest my case.

[Voice for Peace]

33. not to defend him but I have often wished I could open the windows on a plane

not way up at 10,000 feet, but when you're stuck on
the ground for hours cooped up with a million sneezing
and farting other people, and all you have for fresh air
is an oil generated breeze smelling of disinfectant and
gasoline.

There are plenty of reasons I would never vote for the
man but airplane windows isn't one of them.

[DCBob]

36. Wishing you could open an airplane window is far different from not knowing why they dont.

The man is a certifiable idiot... that's a very good reason not to vote for him.

[Voice for Peace]

38. It's enough for me that he's a chronic liar. Even if he were brilliant, wouldn't make a difference.

[TeamPooka]

41. There, there guys, He's a liar AND an idiot. Plenty of disparagement to go around. nt

[DCBob]

43. Well yeah, there are tons of reasons not to vote for Romney.

Being a liar and an idiot are just two of them.

[LoisB]

16. He will win if

the machines manage to flip enough votes and/or the Koch Brothers manage to suppress enough votes. That's why all the talking heads call the race "close" - so we won't be surprised if Mittens "wins".

[progressivebydesign]

17. but none of that is true. The polls have been down on Romney the entire time...

.. and those States he's talking about? Well.. they're solidly Obama now.

He sure seems to be getting WAY too fucking many interviews!!!

[Douglas Carpenter]

18. well with 47% who are not going to vote for him no matter what because they don't pay taxes and they

freeload off the government and won't take personal responsibility for their own lives - Obama only has to pick up 3.1% more. I just don't see how Romney thinks he can win.

[surrealAmerican]

19. His people must be screening every word that he hears ...

... either that or he's lying.

[Indpndnt]

20. Replace "question" with "thing" and it makes perfect sense.

He's certifiable.

[Kteachums]

21. I do worry about the cheating going on and what the Uglicans are capable of.

I know thousands of people who will be disappointed if he does win.

[JoePhilly]

22. Sarah Palin tought the same thing. Dope.

[MrSlayer]

23. Well what's he supposed to say? We suck?

We're going to get killed?

He has to say this, else he should just fold the tents now. And don't think for a second that he can't win because he can. It's still early, lots of things can happen.

[demwing]

52. It's not too late for Romney to win

but no fucking way is it still early in this game. We're into the 4th quarter, and Obama has control of the ball.

[MrSlayer]

60. It's early until the last poll closes.

As far as I'm concerned.

[demwing]

61. oh whatever

fine, it's "early"

jesus...

[MrSlayer]

64. I get your point.

I just don't want people to consider the race to be in the proverbial bag.

[BenzoDia]

24. He's just trying to keep optimism up among his donors. He's actually been looking unhinged lately.

[Grammy23]

25. Maybe Mitt's just been too busy with debate prep to have time to

Read any of the latest polling data. And his campaign staff can't tell him the truth...the emperor is fully clothed, right? Mitt has to keep telling himself that (and I'm sure Ann is told this, too) so that they can get out there and keep up the facade. If they admitted the truth they would not be able to hide that. So they play this game and act like all is well, when every indicator is pointing the other way.

I also think this is a lame strategy used to keep the base (and potential donors) on board. No one wants to back a loser. So they keep insisting it's still an open question who will win. We are very close to having a baked cake but they will never admit it.

I could almost feel sorry for Romney (and Ryan) if I had not seen that tape where he talks in such mean spirited, nasty terms about those of us in 47 % who will never vote for him. But thank goodness I did see it and I can rest easy knowing what a horrible man he is....and so is his running mate. They deserve each other.

[MFM008]

26. do you think he will have a breakdown

WHEN HE CONCEEDES??

[LongTomH]

31. I don't think he WILL concede!

He'll keep hoping that his operatives will be able to flip enough votes or that the Supreme Courtiers of the Koch Brothers will call the election for him.

[Ilsa]

32. His oldest son will get the task of making that phone call...

And he'll pass it down the chain of idiot sons and the youngest will have to call President Obama to concede.

[Raster]

37. After all, the brutally partisan Supremes have previously handed over one Presidential election....

...I have no doubt they'd try again.

[colsohlibgal]

27. How Delusional

I'm a bit surprised the MSN has not made a bigger deal out of Romney borrowing Boehner's bronzer to talk to the Latinos. It's just weird and if I were Latino I'd be a little upset. Is he dumb enough to think nobody would notice?

[liberal N proud]

35. Maybe that what he calls it when they steal it.

That looks like the only way they will win at this point.

[NCLefty]

42. I thought he sounded confident (but delusional) when he was claiming to be tied.

I thought he sounded confident (but delusional) when he was claiming to be tied.

[HopeHoops]

44. What is this "mind" of which he speaks?

[Kteachums]

47. We are talking about a man who is used to succeeding?

I hate to break the news to him but, Obama is going to win!!!

[yellowcanine]

48. Mitt is the "Baghdad Bob" of American Politics.

Keep saying it Mitt. Right up to election day. It could come true.

[demwing]

54. "the majority of people...don't want to vote for Barack Obama" This is technically true (mostly)

Obama's support is still slightly under 50%. That's changing rapidly, but the real point that Romney is avoiding is that no matter how far beneath that 50% mark Obama sits, Romney is seated even further behind.

Yeah, the majority of people in those states are saying (right now) that they don't want to vote for Barack Obama, but that doesn't mean that they are saying that they do want to vote for Mitt Romney.

[demwing]

55. Obama is further ahead of Romeny

than he was ahead of McCain, 4 years ago today:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/election_2012_vs_election_2008_four_years_ago_today.html

Keep on dreaming Mittless, dream on, dream on, dream on...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

56. Is this one of those 'read my lips' moments?

is Diebold still manipulting the voting machines

[gholtron]

57. If he is so confident that he is going to win

Then he must know how the Republicans are going to cheat. We have to keep a good watch on this election.

[ailsagirl]

59. for all the good it will do

If they can manipulate the data the way (the late) Mike Connell did-- we'll lose for sure

A new filing in the King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell case includes a copy of the Ohio Secretary of State election production system configuration that was in use in Ohio's 2004 presidential election when there was a sudden and unexpected shift in votes for George W. Bush.

The filing also includes the revealing deposition of the late Michael Connell. Connell served as the IT guru for the Bush family and Karl Rove. Connell ran the private IT firm GovTech that created the controversial system that transferred Ohio's vote count late on election night 2004 to a partisan Republican server site in Chattanooga, Tennessee owned by SmarTech. That is when the vote shift happened, not predicted by the exit polls, that led to Bush's unexpected victory. Connell died a month and a half after giving this deposition in a suspicious small plane crash.

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2011/4239

[M_M]

62. Psychiatrist, please!

[Emillereid]

63. Is he so sure because he knows how they're going to steal it?

[Grammy23]

65. He knows the truth and is not stupid---But

Conventional wisdom would say you never admit defeat. You cannot think that way. So he has to double down on his assertion that he is winning and will win the election.

He will keep up this face until he makes his concession speech. I am looking forward to that spectacle and also to seeing Ryan standing there with him.....close enough to smell the stench. LOL