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Old 01-30-2015, 05:58 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by izombie View Post
What really sunk Mitt Romney was Hurricane Sandy hitting the northeast just before the 2012 election, for the entire week he wasn't even being mentioned on the news. He could have possibly saved himself by taking his own money and sending a few semis full of goods to Jersey for the people there, it would have been the ultimate PR opportunity but he let it slide by.
Katrina allowed the president to look presidential, but Romney had the same trouble most of the current crop of republicans are going to have. He didn't resonate with non-whites and people under 30. To young people and non-white people he looked like just another rich white guy trying to buy the white house.
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