[Antoninus]

This election is ours to lose.

It was. Then the GOP decided to nominate the most liberal candidate with the most money.

Now, no matter what happens, Conservatives lose. And frankly, it's a little disturbing to see how many FReepers have started channeling Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt--two people who have basically been free political advertisements for Mitt Romney from day one.

A vote for a third party conservative is a vote for a third party conservative.

You on the other hand are voting for a liberal, all the while putting your fingers in your ears saying "la, la, la, la." How you expect anything positive to come out of that is beyond me.

[D-fendr]

Then the GOP decided to nominate…

The candidate that won the primary. They should have done otherwise?

Virgil Goode's hat wasn't in the ring and I doubt he could have unified the notMitt vote any better than the others.

Weak field, disunited opposition. You don't fix anything with an even weaker candidate and a still disunited opposition.

It's nonsensical to blame the party.