128 – Great question, I don’t know the average age of gay people seeking to marriage, however I do know, demographically, 18-29 year olds are the most passionate age group regarding Gay Marriage (and abortion).

I wouldn’t say they’re the most passionate, as you will find extreme passion against Gay marriage across the board. I’d say 18-29′s are the most open/least resistant to marriage.

Regarding gay marriage – that too is an issue that garners the young vote, but it’s a political move to for the 18-29 set. And it works.

only gay people between the ages of 18-29 seek to marry?

126 – Abortion is a fake issue. There are 1 million+ abortions a year, suggesting abortion will become illegal is not true. And you are right, it’s a brilliant political move, helping garner the 18-29 vote, and evangelical voices opposing it help drive that young vote.

Regarding gay marriage – that too is an issue that garners the young vote, but it’s a political move to for the 18-29 set. And it works.

I don’t ever recall a candidate making light of their opponent’s religion?

Its not the religion that’s the problem. Its the view held by most evangelicals that sabotages moderate candidates during the primaries. Being against gay marriage and abortion in any case is killer with the majority of the electorate.

Romney extolled the virtues of the Massachusetts state healthcare law, which the Affordable Care Act is largely based upon. Once he was no longer Governor Romney but Presidential Candidate Romney he tried to disown it like a redheaded stepchild. When Obama and his team called him out on it, and when some of the individuals in Massachusetts who worked with Romney on crafting the state health plan, he reversed course and said that he liked some of the Massachusetts plan, but tried to assert the fiction that it was significantly different from the Affordable Care Act.

That is intellectual dishonesty and it was quite obvious and it duly hurt Romney.

As you grow your opinions change.

I’m not arguing that he didn’t do it willingly, but do you think he could have won the nomination without doing so? I doubt it.

I don’t ever recall a candidate making light of their opponent’s religion?

This dovetails nicely with what I wrote in 117. I tend to think that Romney was brought down by the process rather than his own qualities as a candidate (or lack thereof). The Republican nomination process was very much a race to the right and the only two people who didn’t participate in that race (Pawlenty and Huntsman) didn’t last long at all. It’s difficult to imagine any candidate, no matter his or her credentials or qualities, coming out of that and performing well in a general election atmosphere which increasingly seems to value (or at least claims to value) compromise and moderation of views.

The guy has a history of changing his views. He didn’t have to be forced to do anything. He did it willingly and opportunistically.

This dovetails nicely with what I wrote in 117. I tend to think that Romney was brought down by the process rather than his own qualities as a candidate (or lack thereof). The Republican nomination process was very much a race to the right and the only two people who didn’t participate in that race (Pawlenty and Huntsman) didn’t last long at all. It’s difficult to imagine any candidate, no matter his or her credentials or qualities, coming out of that and performing well in a general election atmosphere which increasingly seems to value (or at least claims to value) compromise and moderation of views.

We can argue back and forth on whether Mitt was a shitty candidate or whether he was put in an awkward position for the general election by the intense focus given to the Republican primary….I think it more the latter than the former as Romney is certainly a better, more polished candidate than McCain was. I take it you think he was more of the catalyst of his own situation. Ultimately I think that we’ll have a better idea once more concrete numbers from the election come out over the next month or so.

Another Romney mistake was the way he spent money. He was outraising Obama this summer and had a decently large cash on hand advantage. But instead of beginning to attack Obama in the summer or early fall, but chose to bide his time and keep building up his war chest. Meanwhile Obama unloaded on Romney starting around the time of the Republican Convention. By the time of the debates, when Romney’s advertising began to kick in, Obama had already successfully defined Romney in the eyes of many previously undecided voters.

There wasn’t enough money to cover his stench as a candidate which just further highlights how bad of a candidate he truly was. The fact that he had to blow his wad in cash just to get out of the primaries against that group of clowns highlights how bad of a candidate he was. Obama wouldn’t have been able to label him so easily if he was about something.

Did you tweet that out to your followers today? Or just post it on Facebook.

/ka.boom.

Yeah, dickface. Try to pick up the pieces of your shattered ego now.

/high fives the new commenter