Romney campaign plans failed to launch on election night

[@festus8389]

"Plan B,C, D are all gone. I have a hard time coming up with plan E. Dont ask me about plan F,"John King at his best

[@sylvio9771]

hahaha, Romeny Sucks.. #Trump2016

[@Cmackie311]

Despite how much I hate CNN, this guy knows what he is talking about

[@ryanfriedman4329]

A plan F would be short for Plan F**ked up

[@GreenFenril]

I recall when I was watching the 2008 election, when McCain was hopelessly behind; and was asked how can McCain win (this was before the polls closed in the western states). He replied with a very sheepish "ohhhh k......"

[@ahabarhossain8747]

Nah, they were right

[@ThePlankton5165]

Well I guess I enjoy watching this because there’s less stress from a known result.

[@badpiggies988]

And both candidates were each ready to accept the results of the election if they lost- no launching of doomed tooth-and-nail legal fights to undermine the will of the voters while scamming those who really, REALLY wanted them to win out of their hard-earned money in the middle of a recession (which there was in '12 too), no staging of attempted coups... good times...

[@fghfgh2654]

My thoughts exactly. I was shivering on the edge of the couch on election night 2020 and the days after. Man I was so scared.

[@jmehd15]

We were all watching this at the Penn State student center on election night and the entire room started laughing when he said, "Don't ask me about a plan F". Lol!

[@malarkeyfree7424]

Don't forget to vote for biden.

[@plutoisaplanet6781]

@@malarkeyfree7424 i won't :D

[@fshoaps]

malarkeyfree fuck you

[@speedupbalkan372]

@@malarkeyfree7424 I didn't and i don't regret at all

[@jessepinkma4499]

@@speedupbalkan372 doesn't matter he still won

[@bkb2333]

Its sad Romney/Ryan couldn't win their own states, that tell it all.

[@hotwax9376]

Not really. Romney was from Massachusetts, which has been solidly D in presidential elections since 1928, save for the Eisenhower and Reagan landslides. And Ryan was from Wisconsin, which, though a swing state, has usually gone blue at the last minute, much like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. (That said, Trump broke through there four years later and George W. Bush likely would've beaten Gore there were it not for the early call of Florida depressing Republican turnout in the final hour or so of voting.) Janesville, Paul Ryan's hometown, has historically been home to an auto plant and thus is mostly Democrat-leaning.

[@hugoc6313]

@@hotwax9376 and why do you laugh when Al Gore lose Tennessee being this state a solid republican?

[@dragonquesti8629]

@Hugo C Tennessee went for Clinton in '96

[@spectre4165]

@@dragonquesti8629 and 92, as well as Carter winning it solidly in 76. Reagan-Bush were the outliers

[@dylonwwe4775]

@@dragonquesti8629 Clinton won Tennessee twice

[@trooper40below]

The serious look on John King face when he looks back at Wolf Blitzer @0:45 seconds when he says "What's Plan E?" has me laughing every time with his zing shots at Romney's math.

[@xlus2]

wow john king is soo articulate

[@mariasharapova9656]

WHAT ABOUT G ???

[@armstrongtixid6873]

ahahahhahahah

[@josenegrete2898]

Plan h

[@sylvio9771]

This is a legendary election night comment lol

[@fghfgh2654]

John King is the King of election night!

[@notanxiousanxiety]

King really did a good job, and had me falling off of my couch laughing at his zingers last night.. "Don't ask me about a Plan F", "Warm up the fat lady".. classic

[@berlicho09]

I laugh my ass off with dint ask me about the plan F

[@Andothul]

I told my non Wisconsin friends Romney would never win in WI even with Paul Ryan and they all laughed. I know my state and I knew they would see through the charade that was the Romney/Ryan ticket. FYI Ryan lost his home town and county, Lulz

[@hotwax9376]

Not a surprise. Janesville (Ryan's hometown) and Rock County (the county where Janesville is located) is home of a GM factory and has historically been a Democratic-leaning area. And Massachusetts has been solidly D in presidential elections since Al Smith's loss to Hoover in 1928 (besides the Eisenhower and Reagan landslides).

[@eddielin1997]

What did you think of 2016 and 2020?

[@miguelntirampeba4797]

@@eddielin1997 Wisconsin went democrat in 2020, although by not very much

[@johnfoster8643]

@@miguelntirampeba4797 I think Wisconsin will be heavily in play in the coming elections. I think the electoral map as a whole is trending in the democrats favor, with Georgia, Arizona and Texas becoming battlegrounds, but I think the GOP has partially made up for it by making the Midwest more competitive

[@miguelntirampeba4797]

@@johnfoster8643 true. I can see Wisconsin going red in 2024, and Michigan and Pennsylvania staying blue. Wisconsin has always been the most republican blue wall state.

[@MarkoBuha]

Plan E: Donald Trump

[@c0nstantine320]

One term president

[@twinkie9927]

@@c0nstantine320 yeah, because Biden cheated.

[@henrylister5530]

@@twinkie9927 ha

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@twinkie9927 lol 306-232

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

@@twinkie9927 Sure whatever makes you sleep at night.

[@mackstewart4203]

Great analysis from John King as always!

[@Sammykyt]

At this point, he would have had to get Ohio, Florida, Colorado and Virginia lol

[@squeallymaniac]

Oregon? Omg

[@IsaiahFisher19]

I thought he was going to go through the alphabet

[@jasonroberts4177]

Romney was a terrible candidate! I want my vote from him back

[@AndreVasque-s6v]

well now can we move forward people

[@sachafierce65]

lmao i keep on watching dis segment.... John is so funny "dont ask me abt a plan F"

[@manojnair2007]

CONGRATS OBAMA

[@leelee4496]

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[@bfer95]

Plan B Plan C Plan D Are Gone I Have A Very Hard Time Coming Up With A Plan E Dont Ask Me About A Plan F LMAO

[@8PMFORMULA]

I love watching the Romney play not coming together!

[@eliasziad7864]

@CYRUSZ Datvirusz Trump 2020

[@cryaboutit6670]

@@eliasziad7864 Trump lost

[@bkb2333]

I concur. Game over..

[@kelkellys]

I just got this is my recommended these comments are so old

[@kelkellys]

and John King and Wolf stay the same

[@trooper40below]

Jon King was funny. Throwing indirect shots.

[@JeremiahsFiles]

I wanted a better economy but I didn't want Big Bird to feel so sad.

[@KPeake-wk2te]

1:30 the plans comment haha

[@trooper40below]

I'm from WI as well. I was telling people (non wisconsin) the exact same thing. A lot of conservatives thought that since Walker won reelection and picking Paul Ryan as a VP pick that WI would be in play. What people fail to understand is WI is a liberal leaning state. Its history has always been a progressive one. Now there are enough republicans here to swing it but I don't see a republican vying to be president winning the state anytime soon.

[@fredfriedman-sowell1864]

May I introduce you to November 8, 2016.

[@flash012234]

@@fredfriedman-sowell1864 Obama was a dominant candidate, makes sense why he carried WI twice by very strong margins compared to what it goes for these days.

[@reindav72]

plan ABCD and E ohh gosh

[@novazee]

So.. What about plan F? (You can't tell me what to do)

[@triplehdx66]

Need a plan F

[@corintheaemccorkle4318]

F stands for Mitt

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

0:17 On that note, no Republican has won a presidential election without carrying Florida since 1924.

[@PuffleFuzz]

Buffalo has an accent? Huh. I guess I don’t really talk to many people in that area.

[@AndreVasque-s6v]

that they suck

[@sachafierce65]

dont ask me abt plan F lmao

[@letmetellyawithladyt]

Hey trooper!! You were right with just about every prediction and we didn't have to worry about WI.

[@hatcher2262]

John King was the star of the night. I did not have to guess what was going to happen. He took the country county by county in how the votes where coming in. He even threw a little nugget in there tells the country that a little county name Vigo, Indiana has pick the winner of the Presidential election since 1819. The county of Vigo Indiana has only failed to elected the since 1819 only twice. Future campaigns should give this county a consideration of a launching point after Iowa.

[@hotwax9376]

Logic really didn't say that that the Latino vote would give Nevada to Obama. While it's true Nevada has a large Latino population, they also have a large Mormon population that would've favored Romney. Of course, Obama still got the state, but John King was wrong to assume it was a given, much like he was wrong to call Oakland County, Michigan, a bastion of Reagan Democrats during the 2016 primaries. (He was probably thinking of next-door Macomb County.)

[@EliteSpark-tf7kw]

People make mistakes. Besides obama was up in nevada at that point anyway.

[@kansterstrak]

does any1 have the music track which is played over and over??

[@armstrongtixid6873]

ik it is 8 years later, but it's all over YT, just search CNN Election Music 2020 or something

[@kansterstrak]

@@armstrongtixid6873 thx!

[@jimmy3610]

I watched CNN on Election nite...James Carville and John King gave insightful and correct predictions all night, I bet Mitt wishes he had employed this two on his campaign team...ha ha ha, :^ )

[@David-fm6go]

1. Romney's ground game and turn out operation were a disaster. The lack of enthusiasm and lack of ground game, left him at a huge disadvantage in critical states. 2. Romney had the wrong issue focus in the general election and should have emphasized trade more and also the job competition angle of immigration (he already incurred all the costs of the hardline immigration stance, but his general election retreating from the issue also denied him any of the benefits). 3. Demographically, Romney was boxed out of the electoral college: 1. He struggled with working class voters because of his background and campaign platform (Closed off WI, MI, PA, and OH) 2. The extremism of Republican Senate candidates damaged the more socially moderate Romney with suburban voters, especially women (damaged him everywhere). 3. His performance with Latino voters hindered his efforts in the states of Colorado and Florida. Romney repaired a lot of the damage that McCain-Palin did in the suburbs in 2008 and in some places 2012 was the high water mark before Trump made the GOP radioactive with college educated suburban votes. However, he either needed to go even further beyond with the wealthy suburban votes (see number 2 above) tapping into even more socially moderate and liberal voters there, or get back to Bush levels at least with working class swing voters. The rest of the party made the former impossible, and the combination of his background and his donors made the latter impossible. In terms of the Latino vote, contrary to establishment narrative, that was not decisive in Romney's loss. It was decisive in Florida and a little bit in CO and NV, but Romney would have still lost the electoral college without Ohio, Virginia and at least one more state even if he got to Bush levels with Latino voters (and Romney's problems with working class whites would have also hindered him with Latino voters absent the immigration issue). Florida was close enough that a better ground game in the central part of the state and the I4 corridor, probably flips it. Trump won Florida by running up the numbers in the exurbs and further out suburbs around Tampa, St. Pete, and Orlando, and doing better than Romney in the area around Daytona Beach. There is a reason why the GOP took the rust belt strategy, because it is the path of least resistance that angers the primary electorate the least. It pisses off the donors to go protectionist on trade, but most GOP primary voters don't care. Going socially moderate to juice up the suburban margins was never going to be allowed by the Christian Right and without the immigration hardline, Romney never would have been the nominee. As bad as Romney did, Santorum and Gingrich would have been annihilated in the suburbs outside the South. There is a reason why the other mainstream former GOP Governor of a Northern state to run in 2012, also took a hardline stance on immigration. That was a Tim Pawlenty. Obama only regarded three GOP candidates as potential threats: Romney, Pawlenty, and Huntsmen. The rest were all joke tier or far too socially conservative to be competitive outside the bible belt.

[@crisvegas750]

2016:Rand Paul campaign plans failed to launch on election night lol

[@WallopWannabe]

Cris vegas Well, more like on the night of the first Caucus

[@kedaariyer4887]

Alpha Ambush Lmao

[@samdilworth1989]

I didnt watch the video but quick question. If Romney won florida in 2012 would he have been president?

[@dave1stfan]

No. He'd still be less than 270 and Obama would still be above 270

[@josephmartinez6199]

he still would have needed to carry another state such as Ohio with its 18 electoral votes Iowa with its 6 electoral votes michigan with 16 and wisconsin with 10 and Obama won all of them

[@helloman107]

It would've been: Obama - 303 Romney - 235

[@joeyb5200]

No, all obama needed to win was the coastline of Lake Erie and the country side of Iowa. That's what won him both elections.

[@Megacooltommydee]

Nope. He would have still been 35 electoral votes short. John King even explains it in this very video, showing that Obama didn't even need Ohio, Florida, or even Virginia to get to 270.

[@Bort64]

plane e is virgina and iowa

[@EliteSpark-tf7kw]

Its been dome for about 8 years and Iowa and Virginia went to Obama

[@berlicho09]

Hahahaha F stands Fail party

[@DavidLee-id3lf]

F

[@leelee4496]

HCMC luck with everyone having a good prize for everyone. HCMC HCMC. HCMC HCMC HCMC HCMC

[@awonoto]

0.52 "Forgive me" That just shows how afraid John King is to report reality, and the media too in general. Everything has to be balanced and equal in reporting, when one side is living in fantasy and the other is living in reality. Don't ask for apology for reporting what's real!

[@McAppl3d]

2022 here. Don't worry, you get your wish. Just wait.

[@leelee4496]

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[@bgreen0115]

Loosers... Ha

[@leelee4496]

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[@Concertgoer-mj5ek]

Trump got plan a, b, c, and d

[@lobanews]

I love it HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, delicious night!

[@SuperTruthful]

lol

[@tonitommasi9688]

The repubs lost the supreme court. Now thats gotta hurt. Big elbow smackdown by progressives.lol

[@DavidLee-id3lf]

they got it back

[@luverbee1]

REPUBLICANS ARE MAD! HAHAHAHA

[@tesspeters7837]

congrats obama? lol........ you need to go back to this article and listen to the ladies video I posted ...and then lets see if you wanna congrats him again.......lol

[@k4four615]

what?

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

@@k4four615 He probably on drugs typing that

[@Woke365]

Vote Hillary Clinton for President our best choice

[@Syntage88]

Nah, Earl. Trump 2016

[@milyta1549]

Stupid you should have go with Bernie

[@krunchski9852]

@@milyta1549 Bernie sucks.

[@eliasziad7864]

Get rekt

[@cryaboutit6670]

@@eliasziad7864 get rekt in 2020 election

[@sachafierce65]

lmao

[@vgcq02]

Hillary 2016!!!

[@milyta1549]

from a Democratic Latina with, thank fod she wasn't

[@Mikek88]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@eliasziad7864]

Get rekt

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Yikes after 2016 and 2020 election