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I'm sick of this blame Romney crap. Romney lost because people want free stuff from the government. Obama offered more free stuff. If people stayed home, it was because they were afraid Romney was going to take away their free stuff, but couldn't vote for Obama. That's it. Period. It wasn't because we ran a moderate. In fact, it was because he was too conservative. Not that I want to win with a liberal, but people voted for free stuff. Game over. We lost. Conservatism lost. The majority of people don't want to do for themselves. They want to be handed everything. So, they voted for the party promising to give them other people's stuff. Tipping point reached and gone over. More people want free crap than want to do it for themselves. Until that changes (and it won't until we run out of other people's money, hat tip to Margaret Thatcher) we will not win a national election. Unless we promise more free stuff. In which case, it doesn't matter who wins.

This election has made me realize that I need to care less about politics and what goes on in DC and worry more about my personal relationships. Both with Christ and my family. The country is screwed, but I can't fix it. And the majority of people don't want it fixed, but want to continue to break it. So be it. Fine. Crash it. I'll be playing catch with my son.

President Ran Superior, If Ultranegative, Campaign

Posted 11/07/2012 07:01 PM ET

Election: The take-away from Mitt Romney’s defeat is that bare-knuckles campaigning and nonstop attack ads work — a tough lesson for Republicans who don’t like to street fight.

President Obama and his campaign strategists did an impressive tactical job of demonizing Romney in the key battleground states they needed to narrowly win reelection.

Their relentless propaganda campaign portraying Romney as a rapacious, venal plutocrat proved more powerful than we thought. Romney let them define him early in the campaign and the negative image stuck.