What difference does it make? People are still acting as if Romney had a shot at a win. It's clear he did not; not of his own fault but due to the electorate for precisely what you said below... Lemme tell ya, if Chris Christie had personally rebuilt every house destroyed by Sandy, the people living in those houses would say, “thank you” and promptly march to the polls and pull the lever for the “D” as per their programming.
The power of incumbency, the "historical nature" of his presidency, his celebrity status and pitch for a mulligan ensured Obama had a lock no matter who or what Republicans nominated. It was further undermined by the strategy of divide-and-conquer that ensured Pontius Pilot "conservatives" sat out at the polls and GOTV efforts.
he was simply too liberal.
Quote: “What difference does it make? People are still acting as if Romney had a shot at a win. It’s clear he did not; not of his own fault but due to the electorate for precisely what you said below.”
Oh, I see, our guy is a loser, let me jump on the winning team’s bandwagon cause I am from a blue state and that is what all my peeps wanna see.
Quote: “The power of incumbency, the “historical nature” of his presidency, his celebrity status and pitch for a mulligan ensured Obama had a lock no matter who or what Republicans nominated. It was further undermined by the strategy of divide-and-conquer that ensured Pontius Pilot “conservatives” sat out at the polls and GOTV efforts.”
Look, I agree that those were all factors but lets not blame “Pontius Pilate” conservatives (whatever they are). Romney’s campaign could not have beaten John Kerry. It was a God awful campaign that did more to alienate all voters (not just conservatives) than attract them.