[SaraJohnson]

The GOP primaries burned the house down, for sure. The Rinos won and so they lost their voters. This is especially true for the Paulites. They felt Romney cheated them out of some elections with party power manuvers. Plus, he’s a progressive.

[muawiyah]

Romney's agents on the ground in Virginia messed up the primary so bad everybody in the party has a bad taste about primaries now.

Several leading politicians probably destroyed their own political careers.