“2) Surprisingly Republican turnout was not that great.
Romney lost OH by 100K votes. PA by 250K or so. FL will be loss of about 10K more or less.
I was always given the impression by Rove, Morris, Barone, and other conservative pundits ( and even Rasmussen ) that the GOP enthusiasm was GREATER than the Democrats and turnout would be great. Not so.”
it was not just those guys....most on Freep understandably thought there would be a larger turnout by the GOP- hence the reason we thought the polls were skewed...
“3) Obama lost over 4 million votes from 2008 and STILL WON.”
i actually believe that number is more like 7 million less votes...he got 66mill in ‘08 compared to barely 59mill last night...GWB received more votes in ‘04 than obama last night...
“4) The final Rasmussen Poll had a D+2 turnout model. It looks like for each point the Dems were over D+2, one point went to Obama (if Rasmussen’s turnout model is correct ).”
bottom line is all these predictions and hopes of a large GOP turnout were false- another case of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...if the GOP came out in force and voted, Romney is president today regardless of the number of women and minorities who voted for the POS in the WH...
So, did the Chic-Fil-A crowd stay home?
I didn't. I thought I saw the CFA turn out at my poll location and in numerous conservative postings/pics. Hmm.