Every night all the progressives get on their knees and pray fervently that the progressive Romney gets the nod to run against the progressive Obama. Then behind closed doors they can point and say “see we told you that the people are stupid”. The choice has been between two progressives every election but two since 1960 so maybe the people are stupid.
The people could be stupid, yes, but they are also looking for some federal gravy to come their way.