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Just as Texas would be "telling" America not to hire Julian Castro.........
That would be implied wouldn't it?
By your logic not contesting is not recommending........So if Castro came out of Texas and polled terribly...as he would...that would be a firm recommendation?
Just as Texas would be "telling" America not to hire Julian Castro.........
That would be implied wouldn't it?
If Julian Castro became Governor, then yes. But he's not Governor. He's a mayor. Duh.
Witt Womney, on the other hand, was a Governor. That means he was elected by Republicans and Democrats statewide. Those voters then saw what a lousy Governor he was and gave him the LOWEST JOB APPROVAL RATING IN MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY.
He says he's done such a wonderful job there. But he's going to suffer a massive, crushing defeat in his home state to President Barack Obama. Let's go all the way back to 1960 for some historical perspective here.
JFK won Massachusetts.
LBJ won Texas.
Nixon won California.
Ford won Michigan.
Carter won Georgia (twice).
Reagan won California (twice).
George H.W. Bush won Texas (twice).
Clinton won Arkansas (twice)
George W. Bush won Texas (twice).
Obama won Illinois.
So why can't Romney seal the deal in Massachusetts?
Well if GOP Senator Scott Brown is having a tough time with his re-election despite having decent approval ratings and a liberal voting record when compared to the voting record of a standard Republican, than Romney has no chance in Massachusetts when he running with a moderate-to-conservative platform.
Romney ran Massachusetts into the ground as Governor...
Yeah I guess you're right. Afterall...Sports Authority, Guitar Center, Gymboree, Houghton Mifflin, Staples, Dominos, The Weather Channel, Burger King, Sealy, Brookstone, Burlington Coat Factory, Dunkin Donuts, Steel Dynamics, and Hospital Corp of America are all just struggling to get by aren't they?
His record in Mass wasn't great...I wont' deny that. But what he did do is impressive. He took office with a fairly substantial budget deficit (650 million) and with his comination of fee increases and spending cuts he achieved a 700 million dollar surplus during his last two full fiscal years in office. Something your savior, Barack would know nothing about.
I hardly see that as "running it into the ground."
It isn't Mitt's problem the people in Mass are too stupid to know they are being managed effectively. These are the lunatics that elected that hair lipped joke Barney Frank.
Massachusetts "delivered" (not "dilivers") a 16 point win to Carter (D) in 1976 and then delivered a win to Ronald Reagan (R) the next two election cycles. Massachusetts being a "blue state" is no excuse for Romney, particularly in light of his claim that he was a super successful, job creating governor. Massachusettsans should be lining up to vote for him. Instead they're voting for the other guy.
Besides, Barack Obama (a black man) was able to win Indiana, a state that Al Gore lost by 14 points in 2000. Even Bill Clinton lost Indiana to Bob Dole notwithstanding the most robust, peacetime economic expansion after World War II and a balanced federal budget. So that's enough of the excuses already.
Moreover, a 30 percent job approval rating has absolutely nothing to do with the outcomes in presidential elections. Massachusettsans clearly had a low opinion of Romney well before he sold his soul to the Devil.
Massachusettites, first of all, Reagan won 49 states, so he is not comparable. In 1996,2000,2004, and 2008 Democrats won Massachusetts by north of a 24 point margin, Right now Mitt Romney was polling 18 points behind Obama, an 8 point improvement over 2008.
Massachusettites, first of all, Reagan won 49 states, so he is not comparable. In 1996,2000,2004, and 2008 Democrats won Massachusetts by north of a 24 point margin, Right now Mitt Romney was polling 18 points behind Obama, an 8 point improvement over 2008.
That's a completely weak counterargument. It doesn't matter how many states Reagan won. His two victories is evidence that "Massachusetts"* can be won despite running on a very conservative platform.
And again, what does a national election have to do with Womney's job approval rating? You think they elected him just so they could give him a low job approval rating?
*It's Massachusetts. Not Massachusettites. That sounds like a tribe from the Old Testament.
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