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Obama/Clinton was Ali/Frasier. This is not that. This is a guy with every possible advantage struggling to seal the deal (and looking awkward trying

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Mar 14 '12, 10:04

). I agree with you that the very conservative will vote Republican regardless, though I think they may not get out the number of votes that they would have (which is huge). I think it makes it tougher for him to attract independents when he is having this much trouble dealing with the extreme wing of his party. I completely agree that this is by no means a slam dunk for Obama regardless. But Romney will have work to do to try to make himself look formidable. I think that there are plenty of things that could happen that could change the dynamics of the race either way. I think it's really impossible to know one way or the other at this point, but I do think there is a storyline emerging that Romney is going to have to deal with and it's not going to go away quickly.

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what that narrative conveniently ignores is this is precisely how the system was constructed, there is little opportunity to "seal the deal" -- nm - znufrii Mar 14, 10:08 3
- It's a perception issue. If Romney was winning these states, even by small margins, the perception would be very different. But he's not, even - pmb Mar 14, 10:12
- Sure there is. McCain had it all but wrapped up by this point in 08. - Reagen Mar 14, 10:11 1
  - 2008 was completely different, more states were winner take all, and half the delegate were awarded by Feb 5th. -- nm - znufrii Mar 14, 10:13

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Obama/Clinton was Ali/Frasier. This is not that. This is a guy with every possible advantage struggling to seal the deal (and looking awkward trying

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