[D-fendr]

Or it was not articulating the economic issue well enough.

Or not hammering the values voter.

Or it was GOTV.

Or it was letting Obama have a free ride this summer (Rove’s main theory).

Or it was riding the clock in the last two debates instead of being more confrontational.

Or it was not allocating more to OH instead of WI and Penn.

Or it was not integrating the Tea Party.

Or it was ignoring the hispanic vote.

Or it was some or all of these.

My point was what ifs after the election are interesting, but it’s not as nearly as certain as we would like. When you win, everything looks good to you; when you lose everything looks bad.

thanks for your reply...

[C. Edmund Wright]

you posted a worn out cliche as some kind of brilliance - but the fact remains, about 2/3 of your list is actually part and parcel of what he is saying.