Bloomberg.com: Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election

[Tx4obama]

Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election

You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romney fundraiser, released today by David Corn at Mother Jones, has killed Mitt Romney's campaign for president.

On the tape, Romney explains that his electoral strategy involves writing off nearly half the country as unmoveable Obama voters. As Romney explains, 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are victims." He laments: "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

So what's the upshot? "My job is not to worry about those people," he says. He also notes, describing President Obama's base, "These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax."

This is an utter disaster for Romney.

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Full article here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/today-mitt-romney-lost-the-election.html

[tridim]

1. I've seen this headline a lot since the convention.

It's awesome every time!

[Summer Hathaway]

4. As Olberman said today

"How many times can one man lose the same election?"

[Ebadlun]

9. It's at least five now

Ryan pick, Eastwood chair, Obamacare muddle, Libya apology fail, and this.

[Bluenorthwest]

26. Olympics debacle...

Tax secrecy albatross...

[eggplant]

27. And every time, I think this has to be the worst. He couldn't possibly come up with something worse.

And every time, I've been wrong. It's going to be hard deciding which of these things will be the actual final straw -- there seems to be an unending supply.

[magical thyme]

43. and today another section of video is released. He's written off the Palestinians too.

Yet another foreign policy FAIL to add to his growing list. How can he possibly be seen as a fair and honest broker in the ME if he's going in on record as writing off the Palestinian people?

[trayfoot]

10. Where are you watching Keith Olbermann?

[Qutzupalotl]

12. It was a tweet. nt

[Summer Hathaway]

13. I'm not

It was something he put up on Twitter earlier.

[trayfoot]

15. OK Thanks!

I just wondered how I could have missed him coming back to TV!

[Summer Hathaway]

18. Sorry about the confusion

I should have been more specific.

[gordianot]

2. So be it!

[Floyd_Gondolli]

3. I agree, it's over

And as someone who has followed politics closely since I was 11, sometimes, despite all of the worries about voter suppression, despite worries about Diebold, you just know.

This is one of those times.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Been to manny

fundraisers,never ever heard these kind of or type of statements made by our candidates. How stupid can a person be,stupid is what stupid does. Willard's F--up mouth was destined to sink himself. Always suspected some one would you-tube this fake.

Willard is toast.

[tblue37]

37. Well, W's blatantly calling the "haves and have mores" his "base" was almost as bad, but

back then the MSM aggressively suppressed such information, and the voters were not hurting from a Repubclcian engineered recession.

The press seems a bit less willing to cover for Romney this time.

[LaurenM]

6. A legendary 'epic fail'

This whole campaign has been a series of unbelievable blunders, mis-statements, and oops moments. I can see my kids telling my (as-yet-unborn-but-they-better-provide-me) grandchildren, "Back in 2012 . . ." and telling a legendary tale that should be set to the type of song Johnny Cash used to sing. Meanwhile, here's a version from a crabby liberal opinionated Jewish mother . . .

"The Ballad Of Mitt"

[Kali]

30. ha! cute!

welcome to DU!

[Proud liberal 80]

7. This does not matter.

Unfortunately, 45% of Romney supporters are either racist, greedy, stupid, etc... that even with this video, we will never convince them to vote for Obama.

Also the "liberal" media will not even go after him on this.

[rbnyc]

8. You're right...

...people agree with him.

[October]

31. I was actually of the opinion that the Romney Campaign leaked it on purpose; it has energized some.

Plenty of "the ugly" in his base/camp are thrilled to hear him say such things.

[NYC Liberal]

16. Yes but there are enough people either on the fence who will be swayed,

or moderate "Republicans" who may see this as the last straw. (Yes there are very few, if any, moderates in the Republican leadership. But they do exist in the general population. They're the type of Republicans who voted for Obama in 2008)

[Floyd_Gondolli]

17. You miss the point entirely

This isn't going to turn off Romney supporters. It's going to turn off everyone else. It also helps Obama immeasurably with regard to enthusiasm among his base.

And the media IS covevering it and it will have legs.

Book it.

[Cha]

23. Thank you for explaining it,

Floyd.

[Kteachums]

11. I think people like Mitt Romney should have all their wealth taken from them.

I wonder if he would think differently if he had to live with very little and the lawmakers are threatening to take that very little away. I am not one of those people. I teach school, pay taxes, don't depend on hand-outs but, I don't make Mitt Romney's money. I wish I did. Somehow I can't see myself taking away someone's job to make money for myself. Somehow, I see the faces and eyes of the so called 47%. There are angels on this earth and Mr. Romney is not one of them. If I were a Republican, I would be ashamed to have him as my candidate. Even the people in foreign countries do not like him. He is not a popular fellow and seems to come off as very arrogant. No matter how the Republican Party tries to fix his image he is Mr. Arrogant (spoiled) Rich Man. Not, that I have anything against the rich. There are many rich people who help others. Mr. Romney has no conscience! I hope to God he messed himself over!

[Amonester]

32. Romney is (also) projecting (he's been bailed-out with taxpayers' BIG monies!)

The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney

Government documents prove the candidate's mythology is just that

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-federal-bailout-that-saved-mitt-romney-20120829#ixzz26miO9WV1

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. How many times can one candidate lose an election?

What a hateful little prick.

[Cha]

22. Who doesn't know how to communicate unless

it's in soundbytes from the LIAR's File

[dubyaD40web]

19. Does the 47% include you too Mitt???

I pay a higher tax rate than Mitt Romney

[link:http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-pay-a-higher-tax-rate-than-Mitt-Romney/468661033164583|

[Cha]

20. I thought mitt lost it last week.. as Olbermann Tweeted..

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"how many times can one man lose an election?"

I'd like to know how the tape was gotten?! Am I just missing it?

[font color=red]Edit: Discovered! Who had a big hand in hunting down the Vid!

James Carter 111![/font]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014234677

[avebury]

21. We need to start seing an even sharper rise

in the poll numbers. If the poll numbers show a sharp divide between Obama and Romney it will be harder for Romney to try to steal the election.

[defacto7]

34. agree, agree, agree...

It doesn't matter how many times he steps in shit to the people who are convinced that Obama is evil from hell. It doesn't matter to those who just don't want to vote for Obama because they don't want to. There is no logic that will change their minds. This means that if we don't have something tantamount to a landslide, there is a margin of error that can be manipulated.

Logic is not in play here for the Romney absolutist. Forget them.

We need a huge margin, one large enough that it would make no sense to even try to manipulate the vote. Otherwise, we are vulnerable and it's a crap shoot.

[Jennicut]

24. I did not know Mittens would be such a blundering idiot. I thought he would just be dull.

He is a total disaster, worse then McCain.

[Cha]

25. The biggest Irony of all is..

mitt is the biggest damn whiner on the Planet. VictimHood! But, his MO is a NeverEnding Projection of his Faults on to Others!

Notice?

Thanks Tx!

[Voice for Peace]

28. David Corn's having too much fun this election

!! k&r

[Sophiegirl]

29. You can just bet...

...that Corn is saving the best for last. This was just a tease.

[Ilsa]

33. And it's only Monday!!!

Is someone letting this stuff out about once every seven days?

[XemaSab]

38. Someone called it Christmas earlier

but it's really more like a months-long Hannukah.

Every day brings more happy surprises.

[tavalon]

40. Actually, Monday was well planned

No Friday news dump for this stuff. And they will release a little more each day. While Romney lost the campaign yesterday, he will have to sit through the rest of the week watching his political prospects as even a dog catcher (especially a dog catcher!) go down the drain.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

35. Terminal foot-in-mouth disease

People might forgive a president for occasionally "misspeaking," as the folks at Fox might say when a Republican presidential nominee talks as though he has no relationship with reality. But if that foot keeps flying back into the candidate's mouth within minutes of it being dislodged, voters will eventually reach the conclusion that the candidate is an absolute dolt.

[kittykitty]

36. Well, this should make for very interesting debates! N/t

[cheezmaka]

45. I can't wait

[tavalon]

39. I don't write for famous publications but I have made the same prediction tonight

Sept 17th was the end of the Romney campaign.

[lumberjack_jeff]

41. But wait... for thirty years I've been hearing that low taxes are a panacea!

I guess they meant that low taxes are a good idea for rich people only.

[sakabatou]

42. I'll wait until after November 6th to know

[Bernardo de La Paz]

44. Awkward moment?

[Major Hogwash]

46. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

It's going to cost the Republicans the House of Representatives, too.
Those tea party candidates ran on these same social issues in 2010 -- claiming that the Democrats are just lazy moochers that never pay their way for anything, and want to have money given to poor people for not working.

They've even stated this year that President Obama is just handing out federal government paychecks to unemployed people without requiring them to look for work.
Which is a huge lie.

So, now that the tea party coalition in Congress has found their "fearless leader", who double-downed on his comments in that video by calling a 10 PM press conference -- the 2nd one he has called in less than a week -- they will all go down in defeat together.