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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Romney's $$ Trump Conservative Fundies in Repub Party? That is the Question!
Romney has all the $$ he needs to win the Repub Nomination for President --and with the advent of Citizens United, he is assured of Millions more to roll in.
But Karl Rove proved that the Conservative Fundamentalist bloc could be motivated to reliably vote their beliefs, and framing the Repub candidate in descriptive terms that fit those beliefs is essential to create that motivation. And without them the Republican coalition of varied interests cannot be created which is necessary to win.
Romney has yet to seal the deal with the Conservative Fundamentalists, and losing Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado, are evidence of this. Further, running attack ads against Gingrich and Santorum are not advancing the Conservative agenda.
I don't know if Romney will win the Repub Nomination, but even if he does, it seems clear that he will never motivate the Conservative Fundamentalist voting bloc to vote for him in the General Election with President Obama.
My intuition is that the corporate blocs who have been turned loose to contribute $$ in this election are smart enough to know that Romney will be a loser in the General Election, and soon they will be searching for another candidate to support who can beat President Obama.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Blackhatjack
(11,061 posts)Romney must draw the support of the Conservative Fundie bloc, as well as garner the majority of the independent and moderate voters, to create a coalition of voters that equal a majority.
He is going to have to walk that tightrope to win, and so far he has not begun to cross that chasm with the Conservative Fundamentalists.
rurallib
(62,483 posts)They will do whatever they need to steal any election.