Christian Right to the Rescue? How Clueless Romney Could Still Win

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http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/christian-right-rescue-how-clueless-romney-could-still-win



The recent spate of Romney gaffes and big old screw-ups has elicited braying from the liberal punditry class , a number of whose members have declared the election over, adding “loser” to the resume of the successful businessman and not-so-successful former governor who bears the standard of the Republican Party in this year’s presidential election.

Not so fast. The truth is, national polls don’t amount to a hill of beans in this election. What counts is turnout and, as AlterNet reported in July , political operative and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed is putting together an impressive get-out-the-vote operation, via his organization, Faith and Freedom Coalition, which funded by right-wing billionaires. Now that the New York Times weighed in with a front-page Sunday piece about Reed’s organizing, perhaps the liberal establishment will take a deep breath and reassess whether its triumphalism is warranted -- or even helpful to the liberal cause.

The reason the national polls don’t so much matter in 2012 is that an ever-shrinking percentage of the electorate remains undecided about whom to vote for, with this year’s “persuadable” voters estimated at around 6 percent. And Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg, appearing Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, suggested that as few as half of those pollsters identify as persuadable “likely voters” will actually make it to the polls.

That all adds up to a mere handful of states actually deciding the election, given our winner-take-all electoral college. On our polarized political landscape, the red states will vote Republican, the blue states, Democratic. That leaves a total of nine states deemed battlegrounds by Politico (and, yes, love them or hate them, Politico is really good at this kind of thing).

[Politicalboi]

1. So Rmoney has been behind in the polls for weeks

Rmoney has to bus in HIS supporters for an event, and Rmoney can't open his mouth without sticking his foot in it. And we are suppose to think the religious right will rescue Rmoney. Hey Ralph, whatever happened with that gay murder love triangle you were involved in? Hopefully Ralph and Joe Scarbourgh will have to face the law soon.

[Berlum]

3. Another Republican Love Triangle?

OMG.
That is shocking, just shocking.

[Berlum]

2. "America. Jesus. Freedom." - Cam Brady (R)

[pdxDemocrat]

4. NEVER underestimate a wacko.

Ralph Reed correctly called them wackos years ago and he knows well how to lead each merry voter by the nose. Underestimate Reed and his "Christian" voters and you'll be singing the same sad songs we sang after the 2000 election.