Romney's speech falls flat in Detroit.

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God Damn, this is one bad candidate.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/212493-romney-speech-falls-flat-in-detroit

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Seriously, who is running this campaign?

Campaigning 101, you always pick the smaller venue.

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A picture is worth a thousand words.

http://img.ly/em2N

aaaaahaha.  nice.  


Here's his attempt to exhibit his working-class credentials and his Detroit-made vehicles:  

“I drive a Mustang and Chevy pickup truck,” Romney said. “Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually. I used to have a Dodge truck, so I used to have all three covered.”

He hasn't quite gotten the Everyman thing down yet, has he?

My God.

I am starting to feel sorry for this man, he has become a parody.

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Despite all of the flops the Romney campaign produces, all I ever hear about is how good his campaign is.  Where's the proof of that?  Their strategy has been completely wrong and they haven't been able to put away the weakest field in modern times.

The campaign only seems able to do oppo research, but they can never keep their candidate from saying dumb things.  Is there anyone in the campaign who tells Romney not to go off script?  I guess not because anytime he goes off script he sticks his foot in his mouth.

You know that is a good point.

The media always plays up the fact Romney runs a "strong and well organized" campaign. And I am thinking really? I know he has boatload of cash, but the man has been running since 2007 and still has tepid support and on top of that his campaign keeps making mistakes that amateurs running at the state level don't make.

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I think this is being overhashed somewhat. Apparently 1200 people showed up, which was far too much for the other venue they'd chosen. Ford Field was the only other indoor place that could fit them all. And it's not fair to compare this to the DNC 2008. That was a party-wide, national event arranged months in advance that took place in the summer. This is a local rally in the middle of winter in Michigan.

Which goes to show you how incompetent his team is.

I mean this is politics 101, it is better to turn people away because you are sold out then to fit everyone in and have empty space, it just is bad optics. Romney already has a perception as being someone no one really gives a damn about, why throw Obama and the Democrats a slow pitch?