It was a little bit of everything, but mostly the Media, an incumbent president, then Candy Crowley, a little bit Chris Christie, and voter fraud.
Mitt turned out to be better than most expected, I don’t thunk Santorum, Gingrich or any of the others would have as come close.
Frankly, you’re right. Based on debate performances, Santorum and Gingrich wouldn’t have fared much better. The whole problem which we face is just the media as a religion now, and people making judgements on soundbites. Then there’s the guilt factor, yeah, scares like big bird, making the poor starve, and so on, all add up.