HAS GOP QUIT ON MITT?

[DonViejo]

Romney might face the same indignity -- abandonment -- as the last Republican to challenge an incumbent, Bob Dole

BY STEVE KORNACKI

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” David Brooks and Joe Scarborough took turns criticizing Mitt Romney’s messaging and strategy. Bay Buchanan, who has emerged as one of the Romney team’s most public faces, responded by insisting that her campaign is well-positioned to win:

We are in a dead heat. Nationally, we have two polls showing a dead heat, a tie. And the momentum is ours. You see that the president’s numbers have come down. Mitt Romney’s numbers are coming up.

It’s hardly novel for a campaign to play dumb in the face of discouraging news about its prospects for victory. But as the frustration and panic of conservative opinion leaders grows, the Romney campaign has an extra incentive to try to look like a winner. Over the next few weeks, Republican campaign committees, outside money groups, fund-raisers, and down-ballot candidates will make bottom-line judgments about Romney’s standing that will affect how they allocate their money and how they treat Romney in their messaging.

The risks for Romney are two-fold. One is the simple appearance problem. It’s one thing for the other party to claim that a presidential candidate is flailing and running a poor campaign; that’s standard fare. It’s different, and more problematic, when the media and political world joins in this conclusion – something that Romney has been dealing with for the past few weeks. And it’s even worse when the candidate’s own party joins the chorus, as is also the case for Romney now.

Read More:
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/24/mitt_and_the_threat_of_abandonment/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. "Bay" Buchanan?

What is it with these names??

Track, Trig, Tagg, Preibus, and ..Bay?

[jpbollma]

2. I thought the same thing

it must be a rich snob thing.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Her name is Angela Marie Buchanan, Bay is a nickname like 'Mitt'

Also like Mitt, she's a Mormon, she converted from RCC to LDS....

[TroyD]

5. She's Pat Buchanan's sister

And she's almost as crazy.

[Bake]

6. She bays like a dog?

Just askin' ...

Bake

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. The question is. has anyone ever seen her and her "brother" in the same room together? nt

[Bluenorthwest]

3. She did this same routine for McCain, which did not help...

She vanishes between elections, sells her services to candidates, bleats for them, then vanishes again. She is not and has never been elected to anything.
Bay Buchanan is a convert to Mormonism, while her brother Pat remains Roman Catholic.

[cr8tvlde]

7. She provides a useful service to the GOP when Mary Matalin can no longer

keep a straight face. She is of no political consequence other than she looks a lot like Pat Buchanan, and probably likes the extra cash. But she can get a few headlines and distract the opponents for a bit.