ORCA was a beached whale after all

[Landslide Lyndon]

Ready for primetime!

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/334783.php

What is Project Orca? Well, this is what they told us:

Project ORCA is a massive undertaking – the Republican Party’s newest, unprecedented and most technologically advanced plan to win the 2012 presidential election.


Pretty much everything in that sentence is false. The "massive undertaking" is true, however. It would take a lot of planning, training and coordination to be done successfully (oh, we'll get to that in a second). This wasn't really the GOP's effort, it was Team Romney's. And perhaps "unprecedented" would fit if we're discussing failure.

The entire purpose of this project was to digitize the decades-old practice of strike lists. The old way was to sit with your paper and mark off people that have voted and every hour or so, someone from the campaign would come get your list and take it back to local headquarters. Then, they'd begin contacting people that hadn't voted yet and encourage them to head to the polls. It's worked for years.

From the very start there were warning signs.

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[Mehmentum]

[milhouse24]

If ORCa had succeeded, I wonder if Romney could have won?  THe article said that if each volunteer had gotten 20 people to vote Romney, he would have won.  Its ironic that Romney makes himself out to be a smart guy, but he failed in the simplist task to get voters to the polls.

[Speed of Sound]

If ORCa had succeeded, I wonder if Romney could have won?  THe article said that if each volunteer had gotten 20 people to vote Romney, he would have won.  Its ironic that Romney makes himself out to be a smart guy, but he failed in the simplist task to get voters to the polls.

Because it had nothing to do with smarts and everything to do with people not wanting Mitt Romney to be president.

[J. J.]

It was good, cutting into Obama's totals in OH and PA, but not good enough. 

[badgate]

This finally answers the question: what if Willy hadn't been able to make that jump over the rock barrier?


But seriously, the hubris of the campaign is what surprises me the most. It was never beta tested?!

[Speed of Sound]

It was good, cutting into Obama's totals in OH and PA, but not good enough. 

PA trended .31% GOP and OH trended Dem, JJ.

[Reds4]

I'm a Republican and I think ORCA proved to be a complete failure.. Romney clearly left votes on the table.. while he might not have won the election, it certainly should have been much closer than it was. There were many Republican counties in Ohio where Romney underperformed.

[J. J.]

It was good, cutting into Obama's totals in OH and PA, but not good enough. 

PA trended .31% GOP and OH trended Dem, JJ.

PA was more than 10 points in 2008.  OH was 4 points in 2008.  Obama had in the state since 2008, literally.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Obama had in the state since 2008, literally.

Don't you take a literacy test before being admitted at MENSA?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Ouch... that's pretty bad.

[King]

If Romney's campaign was any indication of Romney's administration, America really dodged a bullet.

[Paul Kemp]

[Speed of Sound]

It was good, cutting into Obama's totals in OH and PA, but not good enough. 

PA trended .31% GOP and OH trended Dem, JJ.

PA was more than 10 points in 2008.  OH was 4 points in 2008.  Obama had in the state since 2008, literally.

Trended, JJ. Not swung. Jesus.

[King]

It was good, cutting into Obama's totals in OH and PA, but not good enough. 

Yes, J.J. in a O+6 national win he won OH and PA by 5 and 10.  In an O+2 national win, he won PA by 2 and 6.  Thanks for playing.

[J. J.]

Obama had in the state since 2008, literally.

Don't you take a literacy test before being admitted at MENSA?

No, just not a typing one.

Been to any riots lately?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Been to any riots lately?

You mean besides your posts?