[Peace-discuss] Why Romney lost

[C. G. Estabrook]

Eliot Weinberger: "Last January, I predicted ... that Mitt Romney would lose, based partially on the Curse of the E-Trochee: American presidential candidates whose last name is two syllables ending with a long e sound have always failed; they just can’t be taken seriously. It may seem ridiculous but, as Novalis said, ‘Language is Delphi.’" 

Kerry, Humphrey, Dewey, Willkie...