Mitt Romney Is Losing Because of the GOP’s Delusions

[XemaSab]

Prominent Republicans just can't believe Mitt Romney is losing the presidential race. And that's largely why he's losing.

The usual caveats apply—five and a half weeks can be a lifetime in politics. Polls are imperfect, especially when methodologies differ. Turnout is especially critical this year, and we won't know until Election Day what that will look like. But there is a fundamental problem with GOP has had from the start of this race—and the start can arguably be defined as the day of President Barack Obama's inauguration. And that is that so many of Obama's foes have never really accepted him as president, or even truly believed he is legitimately the president.

There are the birthers, of course, those who are illogically still convinced that Obama was not born in the United States. But there are also those who (while giving some aid and comfort to the birther brigade) might know Obama was legitimately elected president, but still don't think he really is, on some level.

There was the GOP leader, for example, who complained at a roundtable discussion about healthcare that the Democrats were being given more time to talk than the Republicans. A quick time-check showed that the breakdown between Democrats and Republicans was even almost to the second. The only speaking time that would add to the Democrats' tally was that consumed by Obama himself—and he is, as he gently chided the GOP leader, the president. It's as though the opposing party sees Obama as not the leader of the country, but another member of the Democratic Party (or the "Democrat Party," as many in the GOP ungrammatically and derisively call it) who was on the same level as a congressman or senator.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/susan-milligan/2012/09/28/mitt-romneys-losing-because-of-the-gops-delusions

[Wellstone ruled]

1. The GOP is totally

screwed this time around. They are the party that represents the Gilded Class and they know it,but,they have run such a successful mirage of being the party of the working man. With the dawn of technologies,and the changing demographics,their screwed. Most people have finally figured out they have been had and now it's payback time. After November 6th,we will see the collapse of the angry old white guys party. Take a look around,wow,we have a different looking nation don't we. Latino's,Asians,African-Americans,Native Americans,and of course the Anglo-Saxon Americans. If you watch Faux,you only see the Anglo,and the rest are portrayed only in their crime watch segments. No wonder their ratings are going in the crapper,people,most have,finally figured this racial misogyny,have to admit there are many low information folks out there. All in all,this nation will be better four years from now with Obama as it's leader. Willard would put us into a greater financial mess than the thirties or the Bush depression.

[emulatorloo]

2. Great op-ed piece, thanks for the link.

Am so glad I read all the way to the end. Powerful.

[bhikkhu]

3. So many delusions, so little time...

they have their own alternative reality patched together, where :

there is no climate change (a liberal lie!)

there is no energy crisis (they just won't let us drill!)

there is no economic recovery (just look around, everybody is miserable!)

the US was founded as a bible-based christian nation

the world still hates us for our freedoms ( )

and we certainly wouldn't ever elect a black man to be president, if elections were fair!