Did the Romney campaign believe they would win at the end

[Oakvale]

One thing that I will say that I encounter with people I know who vote is this Cleveland area blue collar attitude. They do not like rich people. See I'm the opposite. I am middle class, was raised middle class, but I really do like rich people. I envy them. I think many people who are older than myself who find themselves in, for lack of a better word, crappy jobs with little income and they're already middle aged, atleast subconsciously hold some ill-will towards those who are better off. I think it's how you look at things. I look at rich people and say, "If they can do it, we all can". Some look at rich people and say, "They're rich and I'm not so screw them."

It's a baby temper tantrum attitude but unfortunately many people in rust belt type areas have that mentality.

Romney didn't lift a finger to get as rich as he is. He just happened to have a rich father. Those who hold ill will towards Mitt Romney due to his riches have a point. Some people work all their lives and make nothing. Others, like Mittens, don't work at all and make millions.

Yup. I respect wealthy people who earned it on their own. Not those who became wealthy because they were a member of the lucky sperm club.

That's an incredibly pathetic and insecure way to judge others, but if you choose to let envy replace empathy then so be it. Not sure if you will get anywhere that way, but I'm sure its worked for someone down the line.

So you idolize people who got rich through no virtue of their own, but because they were born into the "correct" family? Do you honestly think Romney would have been as "successful" as he was if he was born into a poor inner city family instead?

Or are you just a trust fund baby and I struck a nerve?

I don't idolize anyone but I'm also not a man-child that is going to live in resentment because someone's parents were this or that. But the way you jump out and try to frame this as if I am idolizing the rich shows that you're most likely unsuccessful and insecure about that. Get educated and do something with your life.

"Live in resentment"? You sound like a delusional Republican. Someone offered their opinion on Romney, and I agreed and offered mine. You're the one who threw a hissy fit over it and started posting personal attacks. Sounds like you're just a really, really angry trust fund baby that thinks you were "successful" when in reality it was just because of mommy and daddy's cash and no talent of your own, just like Romney.

I hate to do this, since for the record Romney is clearly an awful person and would have made a disastrous President, but it's simply not true that he inherited all his money from his parents. Obviously he profited from a comfortable upbringing and education but it was Romney's own success in business ventures that made him obscenely wealthy.

[Oakvale]

One thing that I will say that I encounter with people I know who vote is this Cleveland area blue collar attitude. They do not like rich people. See I'm the opposite. I am middle class, was raised middle class, but I really do like rich people. I envy them. I think many people who are older than myself who find themselves in, for lack of a better word, crappy jobs with little income and they're already middle aged, atleast subconsciously hold some ill-will towards those who are better off. I think it's how you look at things. I look at rich people and say, "If they can do it, we all can". Some look at rich people and say, "They're rich and I'm not so screw them."

It's a baby temper tantrum attitude but unfortunately many people in rust belt type areas have that mentality.

Romney didn't lift a finger to get as rich as he is. He just happened to have a rich father. Those who hold ill will towards Mitt Romney due to his riches have a point. Some people work all their lives and make nothing. Others, like Mittens, don't work at all and make millions.

Yup. I respect wealthy people who earned it on their own. Not those who became wealthy because they were a member of the lucky sperm club.

That's an incredibly pathetic and insecure way to judge others, but if you choose to let envy replace empathy then so be it. Not sure if you will get anywhere that way, but I'm sure its worked for someone down the line.

So you idolize people who got rich through no virtue of their own, but because they were born into the "correct" family? Do you honestly think Romney would have been as "successful" as he was if he was born into a poor inner city family instead?

Or are you just a trust fund baby and I struck a nerve?

I don't idolize anyone but I'm also not a man-child that is going to live in resentment because someone's parents were this or that. But the way you jump out and try to frame this as if I am idolizing the rich shows that you're most likely unsuccessful and insecure about that. Get educated and do something with your life.

"Live in resentment"? You sound like a delusional Republican. Someone offered their opinion on Romney, and I agreed and offered mine. You're the one who threw a hissy fit over it and started posting personal attacks. Sounds like you're just a really, really angry trust fund baby that thinks you were "successful" when in reality it was just because of mommy and daddy's cash and no talent of your own, just like Romney.

I hate to do this, since for the record Romney is clearly an awful person and would have made a disastrous President, but it's simply not true that he inherited all his money from his parents. Obviously he profited from a comfortable upbringing and education but it was Romney's own success in business ventures that made him obscenely wealthy.

Like I said, would he have been so successful if he was born into a poor black family in the inner city? Almost certainly not. He springboarded into his career off daddy's money and connections.

Yes I'm aware of the shocking truth that your socioeconomic background greatly influences how your life turns out. That doesn't mean that Romney lacked talent.

By this logic literally anyone who wasn't born in a log cabin in the wilderness can never receive any credit for any accomplishment.