Am I the only one at DU who really wants Romney to win this thing?

[nevergiveup]

I do not want this to drag on and possibly end up being decided at the convention. He is the "dream come true" general election opponent if you are a progressive Democrat. He is generously flawed in all the right directions. The results tonight are making me very nervous.

[grasswire]

1. yeah, but if Jeb comes into a brokered convention...

.....I have heard from a very very connected investigative journalist that the goods are in hand to take him out on a couple of bimbo eruptions.

[murielm99]

3. Jeb has potential bimbo eruptions, or Romney????

[grasswire]

8. Jeb

for real

[murielm99]

15. Ick, ick, ick.

[MarianJack]

2. While I think that bain romney would be a perfect doormat for President Obama,...

...I hope, deep in my heart of hearts, that we'll get to wipe the floor with little ricky santorum.

Maybe "the floor" isn't what needs to be wiped when we consider santorum.

PEACE!

[ingac70]

4. He's got too much money behind him....

I'd rather establishment Repukes have to remember the humiliating trouncing Newt or Frothy Mix will bring.

[0rganism]

17. how long did it take them to forget Bob Dole?

their party is made viable by short attention spans, lack of critical thinking, and inability to remember political happenings more than a year old. their elites make huge money regardless of the party in power, and their normals are frankly happier when they have someone prominent to hate. When Obama stomps all over their brokered candidate in November, they'll have moved on by February.

[ingac70]

24. Bob Dole was the establishment candiate....

That was a 3 way race and Clinton didn't even break 50% of the vote, so according to repukes, he wasn't legitimate.

[flamingdem]

27. The problem is exactly this, they have money to bamboozle

and Santorum is just too weird to win so they'll hold back.

[JI7]

5. i want him to win it after a Brokered Convention

[brooklynite]

6. Please understand...a brokered Convention is NEVER a good idea.

It's a lot of fun for reporters and political junkies, but its a horror for a political Party. They show themselves as disorganized, they waste time otherwise spent on attacking the other Party, and the eventual winner has almost no time to build a political organization.

[gateley]

11. Well then, I'd like to see one since it would be theirs. nt

[Tabasco_Dave]

22. Me too.

[Frank Cannon]

23. Exactly.

I'm reading that and thinking, "And the problem is... ?"

[MannyGoldstein]

12. It worked out OK for FDR, no? nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. 80 years ago in the days before television, the Internet, and the 24-hour news cycle.

And running against Herbert Hoover three years into the Great Depression with economic recovery nowhere in sight.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Man-on-Dog man is a better opponent, I think

Just Google his name...

[kysrsoze]

13. Amen. His wins tonight will help drag on this total clusterfuck, hopefully right to the end.

Why does settling on Rmoney benefit Obama/Dems? I want to see them consider to tear out each other's throats for as long as possible.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. Newt is even worse

all the polls show Newt doing even worse that Rmoney


This gives all the (D)s on the ticket a better shot

[sunbob]

10. oh

that is great

[ellisonz]

14. We want Mittens! We want Mittens! We want Mittens!

[Populist_Prole]

18. He does suck, but in the end the cons will rally behind him come november

Despite his unabashed plutocratic personna, he is the most "electable" of the GOP clowns ran/running. I was actually hoping for one of the other nutjobs.

[AndyTiedye]

19. I'll Sleep Better if They Pick Romney

Sure, we all like to fantasize about them losing 49 states with Newt or Santorum, but they Teabaggers LOVE them, and they control most of the state governments these days. If they really work overtime on stuffing those ballot boxes, they could "win".
Who can forget:


We will have to fight 27 of them in November!

[MADem]

20. I want the winner of the GOP contest to be broke, exhausted, dragged through the mud,

and carrying a hefty sack of promises, lies, outrageous bigoted statements, and easily refutable bullshit. The harder we make 'em work, the more oppo research gets done for us.

No way we want the GOP bozo to be tanned, rested and ready. We want them tired, crying and stressed to the max.

[grantcart]

21. Agree 100% not only will people not vote for him in the GE

The base will stay home and you will see a huge win for Democrats in the House and Senate.

On top of all of that the harder he tries the more people won't like him.

At some point you wonder if he won't realize that Republicans don't like him and give up.

Ideally that would be a couple of weeks after he gets the nomination.

[One_Life_To_Give]

25. Santorums strong in states not in play

The Electoral Votes in play are in the swing states. Romney will have an easier time moving to the center after the primary than a Santorum.

[TheKentuckian]

26. I do. Make them burn up money and beat the hell out of each other.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

28. I want him to win too, but remember that the more people learn about him, the more they don't like

him. Hence, we want him bloodied and bruised. The accepted paradigm in politics that prolonged battles helps a candidate does not hold for Romney. I think the more we go along, the more he is hurt.

My worry about him is that he's such a smooth talker and LIAR that they'll be people who are swayed by his rhetoric.

[RBInMaine]

29. Nah, let their crazy train drive on. Santorum would be a gift.But Mittens still probably wins. Still

it divides their party, drives up Mittens' neagatives in with Indies, and when Mittens does win the nom it means a TeaNut base that is unenthusiastic and won't work for him.

[Pisces]

30. I don't care who it is. They will all lose to Obama

[bluestate10]

31. I want things to drag out. I want republicans impaling each other.

I want each of their base angry at the other's base. Fuck republicans.

[donheld]

32. I want Obama or someone to his left to win

I couldn't give a shit about the Repubs.

[maximusveritas]

33. I would be happy with Romney, but I think the others are just as flawed

While I would like to see it drag on a bit, I definitely don't want it decided at the convention where they could slip in someone else.