[Javeth]

Too many basic conservative causes that would have drawn in crucial votes, also went unaddressed. Why did Romney fail to more forcefully address such obvious vote-getters as the outrageous double-taxation on so many levels in this country? It's especially harsh on those of us who work in import-export, who are taxed wherever in the world we make our money- something that no other country does- to the point that banks overseas will close our accounts to avoid doing the appalling US tax paperwork. Why not address the outrages of US divorce laws, which as my good friend recently found out, all but allow for legalized theft of the hard work, and often the businesses, of more productive partners by moochers? Why not better address the stifling reporting regulations placed on small businesses, to the point that we're filling out paperwork more than assisting our customers? These are no-brainer vote getters, yet the leaders of the GOP barely paid them any attention.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The “conservative” talking heads need to knock off their “Republicans do it too” bull****. Blast the ‘RATS and then say “Republicans do it too!” You just shot a hole in your whole argument. Dumb stuff. When the commie ‘RATS accuse conservatives as being “extreme”. I NEVER hear any of them say, “We DemocRATS are ‘extreme’ too!”

[ilgipper]

Bottom line. Safe loses. They went safe. The only true bright spot was debate #1. Debate 2 was pretty good too, but the last 45 minutes was the turning point in the election when Crowley inserted herself, and the crowd cheered. Romney continued to gain for another week or so, but the seeds were planted that night for the loss. Romney went safe from there trying to look presidential and give undecideds a real option. Too many kept the old one. They miscalculated that Obama wasn’t going to be able to sell his ‘we’re on the path to recovery’ narrative. They thought the discontent of people would motivate voters to turn out for Romney, and it wasn’t enough.

[qwicwted]

Jav - So what you are saying is that many conservatives decided not to vote for Romney because he didn't address their needs? So these brianiacs figured that by staying home and not voting - their message to the Republican party was heard. Seems to me that by not voting for Romney, they gave Obama the victory.

Really convoluted thinking

[centurion316]

Conservatives comprise about 40% of the electorate. Winning requires 50+ percent of the vote. Getting conservatives to vote for good, conservative candidates is easy, but you need another 10% of the voters in order to get conservatives elected. These people are called moderates and without them, that good conservative candidate turns into the losing candidate. Conservatives are very good at picking conservative who are losers. We need to figure out how to nominate conservatives who can be winners.