IMHO, the repulsican “establishment” gave us Romney. He is indeed a good man, but he is not what we wanted or needed for this election. (His religion is of little consequence to me...but his coefficient of “RINOness” is.)
Folks, we’ve got some serious house cleaning to do. Get rid of the RINOs.
As for me, I am no longer a Republican until we do.
And I pray that we can put off CW-II for a while...although I doubt it.
Romney became a SOLID candidate running a strong, professional campaign. His skill set was tailor made for our national circumstance.
Do not be quick to dismiss anti-Mormon bigotry among evangelicals. We've seen it for years on FR. Even last night someone said Romney lost because he worshipped a false profit as if the Christian God would favor a man for reelection who champions infanticide over one who articulated for life.
Why don't you ask Republicans who did, why they stayed home. Why didn't these 2008 voters come out for Romney?
It looks like people found McCain's "you have nothing to fear" from an Obama presidency palatable despite the record of four years in misery, division, high unemployment, stunning debt.
Let's talk about how those Tea Party, evangelical-friendly candidates Akin & Mourdock did? Oops! They underperformed Romney in states he won by 300K-500K votes. That RINO Allen West lost too. Oops! Yeah, your argument is long on delusion and denial and short on personal responsibility and introspection.
You can forget about that. If there is on “lesson” the ‘Pubbies have take from this election, it is that they need to go FURTHER Left. More free stuff! Pander to illegal aliens! etc.