Give me a break. Romney lost because he has a long history as a moderate to liberal republican who has more in common with Obama than he does with his Red State base. Obama lost 10 million votes from 2008. Romney only had to match McCain's numbers to win the election, but fell 3 million votes shorts. These three million voters did not suddenly become "takers" and vote for Obama, rather they stayed home out of principle because Romney brought nothing to the table.
I don’t buy the Romney is a moderate to liberal republican excuse for him losing. Romney spoke about the 47 percent that weren’t going to vote for him and he was wrong. It’s well over 50 percent and climbing every day as the left continues to solidify their voting base.
You are correct. Oboma did not pick up any previous republican votes. All this talk about takers and payers is just a smokescreen. For whatever reason, Republican voters just did not turn out. There is such antipathy between the Republican Party factions that no one can achieve the unity necessary to defeat a united Democrat candidate. In many ways it reminds me of the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles when the residents burned down their own neighborhoods because they were angry at the man.