Romney's Nader?

[Cerulean Mutt]

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/05/romneys_virginia_problem/

Goode's third party candidacy in Virginia could spell trouble for Romney, as Virginia is one of Romney's "must win" States. Will ODS necessarily insure a vote for Romeny if another, more severely conservative alternative is on the ballot?

We shall see.

 

[GordonGecko]

Old Virge is a nutter....his voters couldn't fill a Comfort Inn conference room in Front Royal. No threat to Romney.


Romney's only real threat is if Ron Paul decides to go against the deal he cut with Mitt (to get Rand a speech at the RNC) and runs as an Indy.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Romney's candidate squashers will work 24/7 to keep that guy off the ballot.

A win-win scenario for Dems.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Old Virge is a nutter....his voters couldn't fill a Comfort Inn conference room in Front Royal. No threat to Romney.


Romney's only real threat is if Ron Paul decides to go against the deal he cut with Mitt (to get Rand a speech at the RNC) and runs as an Indy.

You suggest the nut will not get many votes from Pugs because he's a nut.

May I suggest that the contrary is true?

 

[GordonGecko]

You suggest the nut will not get many votes from Pugs because he's a nut.

May I suggest that the contrary is true?

Sorry, should have been clearer. He's an UNSUPPORTED nut. i.e. the VA GOP isn't backing him, and is of course going to try to SQUASH him.

If Virge was their Nominee for some office...sure they'd support him and he'd stand a chance of winning, especially if he had the Tea Partyers behind him.

But the GOP is nothing if not ruthless and authoritarian, and unless you already have their party nomination and are untouchable (in the Mafia sense)...like Todd Akin? They'll use every string and influence they have to destroy you and MAKE SURE that you only get enough voters to fil that Comfort Inn conference room.

Sorry...but he poses no real threat to Mitt in the Old Dominion.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Sorry, should have been clearer. He's an UNSUPPORTED nut. i.e. the VA GOP isn't backing him, and is of course going to try to SQUASH him.

If Virge was their Nominee for some office...sure they'd support him and he'd stand a chance of winning, especially if he had the Tea Partyers behind him.

But the GOP is nothing if not ruthless and authoritarian, and unless you already have their party nomination and are untouchable (in the Mafia sense)...like Todd Akin? They'll use every string and influence they have to destroy you and MAKE SURE that you only get enough voters to fil that Comfort Inn conference room.

Sorry...but he poses no real threat to Mitt in the Old Dominion.

The odds are better than even that Willard's crew will get the guy thrown off the ballot (and their efforts in that regard will be stealthy, pretending that it's not Willard's handiwork).