People do not vote for a VP, so Rubio wouldn't have helped here or across the country. Looking at the results, this was Obama's election and nobody was going to beat him.
I think the immediate front runners for 2016 are Rubio and Ryan. Christie essentially eliminated himself in 2016 by giving Obama a big "Hurricane Hug" a week before the election.
And I like Christie, but trust me, Republicans will not forget Christie's Hurricane Hug.
Actually, people do vote for both a president and a vice president. They are both on the ballot. Most people agree, "Reagan's Disciple," that Bush (41) helped Reagan and Cheney helped Bush (43). VP picks can help define or reveal a candidate. They can matter.
At a minimum, Ryan was supposed to help Romney carry Wisconsin. Everybody knows this. And he failed.
"Looking at the results," I can't imagine that a Rubio selection would not have made a difference in several key states, but of course especially in electorally rich Florida.
Instead, Romney apparently bet on winning the white male vote, with Ryan's help. (Ryan was supposed to help in Iowa and Ohio, too.) Only a Republican could be surprised that that wasn't enough to win the White House. Only a Republican could fail to see that winning the Hispanic vote was the very key to victory.
Rayguns sure is full of yucks today. As he has consistently done in this blog, after one or several of his predictions has failed (Romney will win; Obama will lose; the only real poll that counts is the one on Nov 6) he revises his predictions backwards, or issues a rewrite so that his prediction is correct. Ya gotta admire his persistence. . . or obstinacy, whatever you call it. He would have made a great Russian with a degree in Revisionist History,
Yeah. Picking Paul Ryan: big fail.
ReplyDeletePeople do not vote for a VP, so Rubio wouldn't have helped here or across the country. Looking at the results, this was Obama's election and nobody was going to beat him.
ReplyDeleteI think the immediate front runners for 2016 are Rubio and Ryan. Christie essentially eliminated himself in 2016 by giving Obama a big "Hurricane Hug" a week before the election.
And I like Christie, but trust me, Republicans will not forget Christie's Hurricane Hug.
And I like Christie, but trust me, Republicans will not forget Christie's Hurricane Hug.
ReplyDeleteAnd Christie will never forget who managed to connect him with his hero, Bruce Springsteen.
EA, the big fail in picking Ryan was that he was supposed to make Wisconsin competitive.
ReplyDeleteAlong with the 5.7 million poured into the state in the final week.
Resulting in the state being called for Obama 26 minutes after poll closing.
So yeah, pretty big fail.
And Christie will never forget who managed to connect him with his hero, Bruce Springsteen.
ReplyDeleteOh, so that's what the Christie to Obama post-Sandy love fest was all about!
Actually, people do vote for both a president and a vice president. They are both on the ballot. Most people agree, "Reagan's Disciple," that Bush (41) helped Reagan and Cheney helped Bush (43). VP picks can help define or reveal a candidate. They can matter.
ReplyDeleteAt a minimum, Ryan was supposed to help Romney carry Wisconsin. Everybody knows this. And he failed.
"Looking at the results," I can't imagine that a Rubio selection would not have made a difference in several key states, but of course especially in electorally rich Florida.
Instead, Romney apparently bet on winning the white male vote, with Ryan's help. (Ryan was supposed to help in Iowa and Ohio, too.) Only a Republican could be surprised that that wasn't enough to win the White House. Only a Republican could fail to see that winning the Hispanic vote was the very key to victory.
Rayguns sure is full of yucks today. As he has consistently done in this blog, after one or several of his predictions has failed (Romney will win; Obama will lose; the only real poll that counts is the one on Nov 6) he revises his predictions backwards, or issues a rewrite so that his prediction is correct.
ReplyDeleteYa gotta admire his persistence. . . or obstinacy, whatever you call it. He would have made a great Russian with a degree in Revisionist History,