I'm afraid you are correct. I'm as pro-life as they come, and I hate to admit it, but I think the phony "war on women" really worked.
I was shocked to find so many women, including women who are very active in my church (I'm a Catholic) told me there was no way they would vote for someone who would take away a woman's right to choose.
More than shocked. I was sickened.
There may be another factor involved. I've been hearing that Obama got 2.5m fewer votes than Bush in 2004. I've also heard anecdotally from freepers that Romney had no ground game - Obama had paid staffers doing GOTV whereas Romney used volunteers exclusively. He should have hired Rove, the GOTV expert, as a consultant. I guess he's used to knowing everything. Sometimes being too smart is a handicap. Romney not only wanted to win, he wanted to win his way - via ad blitzes. If he had done it Rove's way, he would have won. One thing GWB had going for him was humility - not the kind where you say you are humble, but actually defer to the experts. (Of course, given GWB's sparse resume - while far superior to Gore's, Kerry's or Obama's - he had much to be humble about, relative to GHWB).