PA-PPP: Obama Romney tied at 45%

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How many polls does the GOP base need to realize that their only winning option is Romney? Or would they prefer to lose the whole election with one of the clown candidates? What is so terrible about Romney that you'd rather keep Obama? Does it hurt your feelings that he won't do the John Wayne cowboy act?

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This is not the Republicans fault, Franzl.  Conservatism is a pretty rural ideology.  When have to go 50 miles to meet a Democrat, you just assume the nation is mostly like this.

I don't think many folks in San Francisco think that a moderate Dem would lose becuase he would be insufficiently liberal. They may not like his stance on everything, and may vote for the less electable Dem in the primary out of principle, but they above statement doesn't make any sense. But I have heard the standard GOP talking point that they win when the go super conservative. And I think it's going to work out for me swimmingly next year. So maybe I ought to just keep my big mouth shut for a change.

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Does San Fran vote for the more moderate sounding of the two Dems in primary? No. Never.

Fair enough. They may vote out of principle and not strategically. But they don't do it or even justify it by saying that the more liberal candidate is more likely to win the general. That is what doesn't make any sense.