Obama won because we are dissolving into the minority. The left wing has been expanding it's base while we fight over whether a candidate has every single last value that we think a conservative should have. For some it's abortion, for others it religion, for still others it is whether he washes his car on Sunday. If a candidate does not possess every one of these traits he is labeled a RHINO and then claim that is the reason he lost .. it is not.
We are losing because the Democrats are appealing to more voters than the Republicans are ... sad but true. They also commit voter fraud, lie, etc but that is another matter altogether. It's disgusting, but it is effective.
While it's true that we do tear each other down over individual traits, the fact is that this was a bad candidate. He didn't suffer just in one or two traits, he missed the boat on most of them.
I truly couldn't decide which was better Romney or Obama. When it came to the economy both had pros and cons, but really neither had a clue. When it came to social values, I hated them both. In the end, I voted third party, which I've never ever done before.