my prediction:

[flying rabbit]

Romney gets the nomination. And I think Obama will beat him.

[CakeGrrl]

1. After all the media and blogosphere hullaballoo, I agree.

I think the Obama campaign has been preparing for Romney, and they're letting these GOP gasbags talk and talk and talk.

After all the crap the GOP has pulled during this administration, the Obama campaign will unleash on Romney once he finally emerges.

The response to Li'l Mittens snark about the birth certificate the other day was a lighthearted taste of what his daddy will get.

[bluestate10]

5. I agree.

Romney is going to face the pressure of facts about his past and self centered behavior as a business person. Romney is responsible for destroying many people's lives and livelihoods. He must answer for that. I saw one women in Iowa say that she would vote for Romney because she wants to protect her job. How absolutely decieved that woman is.

[bluestate10]

2. Once Romney gets the republican nomination.

Romney's major platform item will get shredded to bits by facts. I wouldn't be surprised to see President Obama win by a ladnslide and peel off several southern and interior west states during that process. Romney's big issue is jobs, the man is a certified job destroyer. Massachusetts was second to last in job creation during Romney's administration, that WAS during a period of mortage mania fueled growth. The democratic governot, Patrick has Massachusetts as the 1st or 2nd state in job growth, with the new jobs being high paying jobs.

[RandySF]

3. America will learn more about Quetzalcoatl.

[sufrommich]

6. Lol, the hard way. nt

[bluestate10]

8. More than that company.

There were around ten others that he destroyed, taking thousands of middle class jobs. Romney lined his pockets with every failure. While govenor of Massachusetts, Romney led the state to the second worst job growth record in the country. Imagine a proud state like Massachusetts being in the company of a Mississippi?

[RKP5637]

4. Yep!

[Prophet 451]

7. Yes on the first, not sure on the second

If it was a fair fight, Obama would take it in a landslide. BUT, we've had three years of endless smears which are just going to get worse (aided and abetted by the media, of course) and you always have to remember that Bush was inaugurated despite having provably lost in 2000 (I'm unclear about 2004).

In other words, beware the dirty tricks department.

[bluestate10]

9. Romney has a horrible record on jobs. He is no match for Obama on foriegn policy.

Romney won't have a platform from which to fight. Only the ignorant and hateful will stay with him once facts about his record on american job growth is known.

[Prophet 451]

19. And yet

Everything ypu say could also have applied to Bush.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. I agree. I think/hope Obama pulls it off but it will be close either way.

The country is so divided. That's why the pigs are trying to put their thumb on the scale AGAIN with voter suppresion..

[KaryninMiami]

14. Sadly, I agree with you.

Between the millions who have or are in the process of being disenfranchised and voting on the same, non-verifiable, easily rigged machines, and the amount of Dems who became disapointed and or so sick of it all that they are just not that interested, it's going to be a tough battle and a tight race. So President Obama and all of the Dems running need to win but a lot more to overcome those odds. I'm not thinking it's impossible- just won't be easy. Even against Romney.

[RZM]

20. Obama will have $1 billion dollars

That kind of money buys a lot of stuff. Dirty tricks included

If you think Romney's immune to smears you're mistaken.

[humbled_opinion]

10. I hear that Romney

will pick Condi Rice as his VP with attempts at peeling off some women and minorities and of course inoculating his campaign against charges of racism.....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Not the dumbest move he could make but where have you heard that?

[humbled_opinion]

13. At my job

I work with a handful of hard core Teaheads and it is bash Obama all the time, they really don't like Romney but they will stomach him in order to defeat Obama, their strategy it seems is to solicit Condi Rice for the aforementioned reasons, they also truly believe that Obama will dump Biden and pick up Hillary as VP.

[RandySF]

12. Romney did not seek a second term in MA because he was so disliked.

He was so unpopular in Massachusetts that he opted out rather than lose the 2006 election. I remember being disappointed he didn't stick around. He won on a fluke in 2002, anyway. If he tries to run on his gubernatorial record, he's toast.

[humbled_opinion]

15. The problem with his record

is that the nation is not going to be focused on Romneys record, our side will be wise to promote it but its not a reality to the masses.

The real issue is will Obama be able to run on his record. I really don't think that "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" is a great campaign. Obama has done some positive things but only viewed from the left side of the political aisle and many on the left think he didn't go far enough.

The real test is how does Obama translate his accomplishments to lure moderates and Indpendents back to the fold and what will his uniting agenda be for the next four years.

I mean I remember Bush in 04 he ran on that Ownership society crap, now everyone new that it wasn't going to happen but he did put it out there as an agenda of change, something new and different and he won so presumably, enough people were fooled by it.

[coalition_unwilling]

16. I want that sociopathic prick Romney to answer for what

he did to his family's dog:

~snip

The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.

~snip

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html

I want this story front and center from the moment Romney is nominated through the General Election.

Vote for Romney if you approve of cruelty to animals. How's that for framing an issue?

[Speck Tater]

17. Just for fun, my prediction will be...

Some third party candidate we haven't even heard of yet will surprise everyone and win the presidency.

[jimlup]

18. Yes and it may happen in an intersting way

as I don't think most mainstream republicans can permit any other outcome.

[MrMickeysMom]

22. THAT'S a SAFE bet.

Romney has money and so will Obama.

Too bad money makes the world go round.

[Populist_Prole]

23. Right leaning co-worker said he WON'T vote for Mitt just because he's a mormon.

I figure at the the very worst, he'll stay home. Gutting the GOP one vote at a time.