This math only works in a 2-way race, and I agree totally.
The problem comes with a Romney nomination producing a Tea Party candidate leading to a Clintonian plurality win for Baraq.
Surely Axlegrease and Plouffe are smart enough to figure this out.....
I disagree. I think the Tea Party is mature enough to see through such a disaster.
“The problem comes with a Romney nomination producing a Tea Party candidate...”
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But that doesn’t happen when Herman Cain is the nominee, which I think he will be.
If Tea Party people prefer to feel good and see 0bama re-elected by nominating a candidate than staying at home, I'd say they deserve to be under 0bama, Holder, and the gang. Note that I'm comparing supporting third party candidate v. staying at home, not voting for Romney v. staying at home. At the end, though, I doubt such scenario would happen. Mostly because Tea Party is not a unified, homogenous organization.