WI: Romney vs Obama, 2008

Same as 2008 but Obama would win Missouri, Montana, Arizona, the Dakotas, probably all of Nebraska except for CD 3, and maybe South Carolina. Romney would get his ass kicked for sure and picking Palin might even help him.
 
I wonder how many voters McCain repelled by nominating that bimbo. I'm sorry, but she has always come across as just that.

McCain came off as boring and dull, like oatmeal. He needed a spice to his dish, unfortunately all he did was burn the mouths off all Republican voters, instead of accenting it.
 
I share other's thoughts that Romney would lose worse than McCain.

As for 2012, Perhaps we'd see a Christie campaign in in this scenario?
He did seem somewhat tempted, and no Romney really means there's no real establishment candidate amongst the 2012 field. Pawlenty might take off, but he did pretty pitiful. I don't think he could win, and the powers that be in the GOP are not going to want a Santorum or Gingrich nomination. Or for that matter, a Paul one. Or ESPECIALLY a Cain or Bachmann one.

So in this scenario, you'd probably see a lot of pull for Christie to come in the race. He could probably win the nomination fairly easily, since this is before he upset conservatives by hanging out with Obama. I'd probably give a general between them near 50-50 odds, with a slight favoring towards Obama.

If Christie still stays out, the other two options I could see would be Rubio and Jeb Bush. Rubio seems cautious to me, so I think in the end he'd want to wait for an open race. But Bush does seem to seriously be considering 2016. In a timeline where the party is in a desperate search for a credible candidate, I think he might jump in. He'd go down to a pretty big defeat, but he would probably carry Florida. And he would not be the disaster some of the other candidates would be.
 
Georgia would be won before all of Nebraska and South Carolina.

Oh yeah and I forgot Georgia and maybe even Mississippi. Also, if Obama picks Hillary Clinton or even Mark Pryor or Blanche Lincoln as his running mate, I can see him win Arkansas. In this scenario can see Obama sweeping the south for the exception of Alabama because Romney would 't be that popular in the south without the Tea Party Movement
 
This could as flip the Senate race in Georgia to the Dem, forget who "Saxy" was running against; that'd have a big impact on Senate dealings between Kennedy's death and the 2010 elections.
 
Yep. 2008 was a Democratic year, like 2004 was a Republican year.

Seriously, I think Romney would go down in a bigger landslide defeat than McCain did. Flip Georgia, Missouri, some Plains states, Arizona and Alaska.

I agree. McCain at least had the "noble war hero" angle going for him.

On the other hand, Romney would not have picked Palin as his VP nominee though her effect on the campaign was not remotely as great as some think.
 
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