Romney ran a nice guy campaign ignoring whole sections of the electorate...we need a conservative that can make conservative values sexy to the twitter millenials and latinos ...after they suffer economically for another four years they will come to their senses....Obama owns the economy lock, stock and barrel now and if past performance is any indication of future results he should screw it up loyally for a real conservative to rise up and fix it.
Bingo! And who was first on his list to ignore? The Tea Party. He excluded the Tea Party from his convention. He did nothing to bring Sarah Palin in to support him. He did nothing to bring Ron Paul supporters, Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum or Cain in or their supporters. They all outpolled Romney at some point in the campaign.
Gone. Missing. Ignored.
Then we have the number one problem of the establishment Republicans and elected Republicans ..... cowardice. Romney had no fear going after Gingrich and Santorum, but was afraid (cowardly) to attack Obama. He left all his best arguments on the floor and replaced those with vacuous comments of 12 million jobs and turning the country around. Well, a majority of voters, admittedly bamboozled by the media, thought the economy was improving. What was Plan B?
Zip, zero, nada. The GOP has to be gutted and rebuilt on constitutional conservativism, out to attack the special insterests, cronyism, lavish government.