That was Romney's fault for having no ground game. With $1b at his disposal, he's got no excuse. Obama got 1.5m fewer votes than Bush in 2004. Freepers have also said 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).
Well, after our liberal pals get their Four More Years — that is, IF there are still such things as elections as we even knew them earlier this week — we should be hollering, screaming at whoever runs to not forget the ground game. If crowds of zombie voters can be summoned, then crowds of live voters surely can too.