AN63093
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« on: August 28, 2017, 06:07:26 PM » |
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It was a "big deal" in the sense that it was probably the biggest gaffe of the election.
But in the grand scheme of things, no, it was not a big deal. Romney was never really within serious striking distance to win.
Although it was not covered this way throughout the campaigns, 2016 was much more "in play" than 2012 was. To the casual/uninformed observer, it probably appeared to be the opposite, since Romney was not as disliked by the media and institutions, so one could be fooled into thinking the election was closer than it was. But to the informed observer, Romney pretty clearly never had a real shot, whereas Trump had a very legitimate shot, no matter how much people disliked him.
Of course, I still thought Clinton would win, but I was only about 60% sure or so. In '12, I was close to 100% sure Obama would win re-election.
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