Obama had a failed record. That failure could have been handled better for sure. However, Romney never laid out the choice like Reagan did. He didn't explain how Obama’s policies made the economy worse, and how he could have done it better.
People didn't feel that Obama had succeeded, but they weren't really convinced that Romney could do better.
Obama was able to successfully claim that he had the worst situation anyone ever faced since FDR. That was not true. It should have been challenged, proved false, and how Reagan style policies would have been better and could have good results.
I do believe in the end, many voted for the “Devil They Know.” I predicted long ago Obama would win precisely because of that.
Agreed. Romney *assumed* that everybody would see through 0bama’s lies about the recession and its cause, so he failed to counteract them with such simple statements as that the recession ended more than 3 years previously, and that it was caused by Democrat housing policies. Romney should have been much harsher on 0bama’s overall competence, ethics and honesty, too.