Why It's Not Romney's Inauguration...

How the Republican candidate lost the presidential election.

 

< snip > ….. [Republicans] are concocting explanations and excuses for what they see as Mitt Romney‘s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

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They should realize that it was economics that sank Romney. His crucial problem was his campaign’s failure to make a sufficiently convincing case on the money issues.

 

Most postmortems have focused on the demographics of the defeat. ….. < snip >

 

But none of Romney’s demographic defeats are as significant as the electoral potential Romney missed on money issues.

 

 

Election Day exit polling by Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International for the National Election Pool included three questions that explain a significant part of Romney’s weakness.

 

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The first question was on the state of the economy. Amazingly, 23% of voters rated the economy “excellent” or “good.” Of these, 90% voted for Obama. Of the 77% of voters rating the economy “not so good” or “poor,” 38% supported Obama.

 

The second question was, “Who would better handle the economy?” The answers amounted to a virtual tie. To the question, 48% said Obama was more capable, and 98% of that group voted for the president. On the other side, 49% chose Romney as more capable, and 94% of these voted for Romney.

 

The final important money question was, “Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?” Again, it was almost a tie, with 47% choosing Obama to handle the deficit, and 98% of that group voting for him. Of the 49% who chose Romney for deficit management, 95% gave him their votes.

 

Considering the weak economy, the exploding spending, and huge deficits of the past four years, it’s amazing that Romney could not make a better case for managing the economy and the deficit …..

 

(Excerpt) Read more at online.barrons.com …

 

via Why It’s Not Romney’s Inauguration.

 

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