Is "47%", the Mitt smoking gun?

[fairsheet]

I mean....for chrissakes, we've now got Mitt on record expressing his abject contempt for the majority of his own godamned base!!!

But...if you were to ask me, I'd say no...this isn't the "smoking gun" alot of the breathless media appears to be assuming. Mitt's base simply doesn't seem to care that Mitt/Ann look at them, like the stuff they step in now and again. In fact....Mitt/Ann's base seems to feel special about their being the dogshit on the bottom of Mitt/Ann's shoes.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

well, it seems to be for con elites and repubs running for re-election....who are raining contempt down on Willard and his contemptuous comments about half of America.

 

[Mytzlplk]

It's kind of a toughy fair -- I don't think it'll erode his base as much as deter many from coming on board, but that's not to say the losses will necessarily be insignificant either.

 

[cgCali]

I mean....for chrissakes, we've now got Mitt on record expressing his abject contempt for the majority of his own godamned base!!!

But...if you were to ask me, I'd say no...this isn't the "smoking gun" alot of the breathless media appears to be assuming. Mitt's base simply doesn't seem to care that Mitt/Ann look at them, like the stuff they step in now and again. In fact....Mitt/Ann's base seems to feel special about their being the dogshit on the bottom of Mitt/Ann's shoes.

It's a "fair" question, fair. Because Mitt's had SO many "smoking guns" lately. It's hard to tell exactly which one in particular, will be the ultimate undoing of his campaign.

Or, will his undoing be because of a "collective clusterfuck"?

 

[Mytzlplk]

I think there's some merit to that cg, the idea that it will be the accumulative effect of the many small (being generous there..lol) that will ultimately be his undoing. As I noted to sash last night, that's what's pissing me off about it -- it's gonna be hard after the smoke clears to isolate it to a single cause, so all the predictions in the past about this and that are gonna be hard to assign a value to.

I will say this though. I was listening to one of the MSNBC shows last night, and the political psychologist they had on seem to agree with Dr. Stupe -- his lying would have likely doomed him regardless of the rest. And if you think about it, there's hardly a so-called "gaffe" he's made that didn't reek of dishonesty anyway, the "47%" thing included.

 

[fairsheet]

The real Mitt-damage, won't be evident until the next election cycle.