I was looking forward to one thing and one thing only from this election, and I thought it was a sure thing: for the news to stop breaking stories of "hey, guess what Romney said!" I swear for the month of October I got my news of the world entirely by deducing what must have happened based off the stories criticizing Romney's reaction to events.
Please don't tell me that this is going to continue even through the end of the election.
At this point, I think that's up to Mitt Romney. Since he lost and probably isn't going to run for anything again, people would probably stop talking about stuff he says if he stopped holding big gatherings or group phone calls and saying things! Obviously, it's his right to do that as an American if he wants to, but traditionally losing President candidates have laid low for a while and let the winner have his moment in the sun.
After Al Gore conceded in 2000, I don't think we saw or heard much from him for several months, after which he did an interview or two, and didn't seem to resurface for several years, and when he did it was in a relatively apolitical role as an environmental advocate initially. Even Kerry, who was still in the Senate, kept quiet for a while. I don't recall what McCain did (Though he's sure making a lot of noise right now- I wonder if he's ever really gotten over losing in 2008 the way he opposes Obama these days- he used to build bridges with Democrats, and now everything he does seems sorched earth. I think it's very possible he's holding a personal grudge.).
Anyhow, it's up to Mitt Romney. Usually losing candidates like to drop out of the limelight and decompress. Let people chill out some. I think it'd be to his benefit, too- if the last word from Romney had been his graceful short concession speech, he could have come back and rebuilt his reputation and worked with the President on some things and so on and so forth (Even though further elected office was probably out for him from the word go). By continuing to go on and on with bitter comments that attack a lot of the country's population even after the campaign is over, though, Romney is going to likely comment his legacy as Mr. 47%. It's not smart political strategy, but I guess he figures since he isn't likely to run for anything again, he can just indulge his bitter feelings without repercussions. There are repercussions, though, in the sense that it makes it harder for his supporters to get over the election and accept the results when their candidate doesn't, and there are repercussions for the regular folks that he demonizes, because people believe what he says and ostracize those regular folks.
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