tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post2495485196988456725..comments2024-02-08T01:44:24.272-05:00Comments on ModeratePoli: A sensible endorsement of RomneyModeratePolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-70547756234205565982012-10-30T16:06:17.491-04:002012-10-30T16:06:17.491-04:00*didn't* mention Romney's weaknesses...*didn't* mention Romney's weaknesses...ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-31046594301591514812012-10-30T15:27:40.359-04:002012-10-30T15:27:40.359-04:00So the DMR was weasly about their endorsement. Wel...So the DMR was weasly about their endorsement. Well, they should be because they did maybe 60% of the job they should do, and mentioned the weaknesses in Romney.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out their run of Dem endorsements. Maybe they were itching to show that they could endorse a Repub, and they missed their best chance back in the 80's. Maybe I'll check back on them in a decade and see if there's a new pattern (or just chaos.)ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-10362692699946792852012-10-30T11:58:11.922-04:002012-10-30T11:58:11.922-04:00I was the DMR editor on MS-NBC midday yesterday --...I was the DMR editor on MS-NBC midday yesterday -- while hunkering down against Sandy -- and he couldn't answer ANY questions straight on why they endorsed Romney!! It was a lot of "it was an extensive process with a lot of deliberation" kind of answers, without highlighting anything about Romney or his plans that they could get behind. Hence, I suspect it was a lot of anybody-but-Obama-because-he-disappointed-us endorsement. In other words, they have bought the GOP master plan of attack that the weak recovery is all Obama's fault.<br /><br />This is not to say that Obama should be blameless, because he allowed the GOP to play those games and score with that narrative repeated again and again. I doubt the DMR endorsement will matter, though. Obama is weel ahead in early voting, which is substantial, and newspaper endorsements rarely matter, especially one as weak as DMR's. It was just the man-bites-dog aspect of it that garnered attention since they haven't endorsed a Republican since Nixon in '72!! See how that turned out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com