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Originally Posted by KDAngel
The problem with that is how Romney stacked his cards this time... he made himself a despised character the last 2 months of his campaign (by all those who didn't support him) and he'll be ill-pressed to show back up for the presidency and do well.
I think by and large, GOPers are hoping someone develops as the presidential candidate they wish they had in this race by 2012. Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE McCainiac and I think people who didn't already like him are slowly going to turn to him for whatever reason, but I think on the GOP side, Americans are going to be looking for someone else. Not Romney who they knew they couldn't sell to a national audience anyway.
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I can't be sure that my experience is typical, but I didn't support Romney early on and I liked him more as the campaign went on. I certainly wouldn't describe him as a despised character within the GOP. It may be the case that your love for McCain is affecting how you think other people view Romney. (I don't mean anything insulting by this; I think it happens to us all.)
I think GOP voters will support McCain generally because they'd prefer him to the Democratic nominee, just as they would have supported Romney in the general had he won the delegates.
I don't know if McCain will really pull the independent votes in the general that people think he will, especially if Obama is the Democratic nominee.
I agree with you about 2012. I think voter turn out for the respective primaries reflects a certain apathy about any of the GOP candidates this time, and the party will have to do better.
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