[Bratch]

This mentions Governor Palin but you could carry the main point over to just about any movement conservative, IMO.

Bottom line, the consultants want a non-partisan candidate whom they can maneuver in whatever direction their endless polls and focus groups take them.

[Shadow44]

I hope those Judases enjoy their pieces of silver while they can.

Sickening that they’d bet against the country.

[doc1019]

I guess the fact that Mitt was not the candidate that most conservatives wanted had noting to do with it.

[Tennessee Nana]

well he could not be called Willard the Wise thats for sure...

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways..James 1:8

[mirkwood]

Palin is on my side. I am damn sick of paying a monthly check to a fat bitch wo breeds more fat bitches. I have worked in Atlanta and their whole life is to get your money. I was in a town where the whole black inhabitants were hanging out. I asked if it was a holiday. I got laughed at . Anyone that supports this welfare system is out of their mind. I will take you there. Drinking every day. They do not work. Ever. They breed.

[Alberta's Child]

One of Romney’s self-touted selling points has been his great managerial ability. Shouldn’t a good business manager know when he’s being fleeced for a colossal amount of money by a bunch of high priced grifters? A rhetorical question, I know.

This is a good question, and it's not a rhetorical one, either. It's not terribly relevant in this case because in a political campaign, the candidate is not the business manager.

Having said that, I just had a wild thought that the GOP missed a golden opportunity to put together a game plan for 2012 that would have been unstoppable: Nominate a "movement conservative" (I'll use Sarah Palin as an example only because the author uses her in this piece) to go up against Obama, and have Romney manage the financial and organizational aspects of the campaign while the "professionals" run the political side of things.

Just a wild thought here ...

[SierraWasp]

Your bottom line and this article are precisely correct!!!

I too have been thinking but not wanting to believe this, hoping against hope it wasn't true.

The LOVE of money (not the money itself) is the root of all evil. (and you can look that up!)

Wealthy people don't like to contribute to grassroots campaigns without a political consultant in control so the candidate won't lose control and the peons be havin big parties and barbeeques with their contributions.

They generally don't trust righteous conservative candidates or populist candidates unless a political pro has a short leash on the campaign treasurer.

They're also afraid of being turned on by the conservative candidate after elected should righteous principles in public policy become involved if you know what I mean!!!

[Rome2000]

Explains it all, good work

[cydcharisse]

I voted for Romney. I’m not trolling here; but if all this is true about Romney’s team, while Obama’s team effectively got out the vote, can there be any other conclusion than the Dems seem a whole lot smarter than the Reps?

BTW if all the charges of fraud are also true, it appears the Dems outsmarted the pure-as-the-driven-snow, child-like Republicans in fraud as well.

[Uncle Chip]

Yep — Mitt got conned as he was conning us —

[MinorityRepublican]

Reminds me of Saddam’s “Yes Men” in Baghdad on the eve of the American Invasion on March 17, 2003.

[nathanbedford]

Caution: this article is devoid of factual support beyond unsupported allegations or very thinly supported allegations. There is nothing in this article which justifies conclusions made in the article or made subsequently by FReepers in reply.

Make no mistake, I want the scalps of the Republican establishment is much as anyone but I want to proceed on the basis of facts and not be blown about by Palin supporters or by Palin opponents. This article is crap.

There is some factual information, again unfortunately tilting more toward allegations or insinuations, that the get out the vote effort was a fiasco, that the technology involved failed and was never tested, that Romney was kept in the dark and misled. But this article does not do it.

[nathanbedford]

Caution: this article is devoid of factual support beyond unsupported allegations or very thinly supported allegations. There is nothing in this article which justifies conclusions made in the article or made subsequently by FReepers in reply.

Make no mistake, I want the scalps of the Republican establishment is much as anyone but I want to proceed on the basis of facts and not be blown about by Palin supporters or by Palin opponents. This article is crap.

There is some factual information, again unfortunately tilting more toward allegations or insinuations, that the get out the vote effort was a fiasco, that the technology involved failed and was never tested, that Romney was kept in the dark and misled. But this article does not do it.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Governor Palin’s was the undisputed leader of the conservative fight against Obama in the run-up to the 2010 midterms, and it was increasingly clear to the beltway insiders that she had to be stopped lest they lose their multi-million dollar meal ticket. “

Last year this source C4P said Palin was absolutely running so you should take what is written with a grain of salt.

[mosesdapoet]

I go back to Goldwate/ Nixonr daze and participated in Reagans national campaign at state level(Illinois) and this is what I see happened here;

The media was never called out.

Romney ran a “Johnny One Note Campaign” Used a poison dart blow gun when he should have used a cannon loaded with grape shot because he had pleanty of stuff he could fill that barrel with.. He failed to hammer away on what will happen when Obama gets returned; The Obama 2013/14 Tax Increases. The impact of Obama’s energy policies..(this by the way is not just gas prices this is socialist applied policy whoich affected the cost of everything and it was done to meet a socialist concept and affected every demographic). It was barely mentioned let alone called for what it was. The impact of Supreme Court Appointments.. 18,000 new IRS agents and on and on. Including rampant corruption, presidential extravagence and demeanor like visiting Nashville after its disaster or following Romney to New Orleans.

Instead we got a sales pitch on executive ability but not the reason why one should toss the old model and buy his.

In addition Rove who I understand was handling the Senate PAC campaign played games. His material(which should have supplemented Romney shortcommings but didn’t)
never warned voters that if Obama gets re-elected as well as the senate the chances of repealing Obama care ...AND ALL THE TAX INCREASES THAT GO WITH IT WILL NEVER GET REPEALED

The polling was dead on. They didn’t believe nor examine it.By setting up focus groups to determine and adjust material to combat it. Even to the point of going into the hinterland and listening to talk in coffee shops or bars.(Forget that twitter stuff that’s too easy to fix)

By Romney’s reaction to the loss there was no conspiracy on his part. Fact is when your getting great turnouts its deceptive . But when if you belong to a regular GOP organization and you’ve been getting decent turnouts earlier but at a weekday regular meeting before Nov 6th you only get a hand full to turnout at your organizational meeting you know you have a problem .

Nuts...This loss is inexcuseable