1. There are a significant number of evangelicals who will never under any circumstances vote for a Mormon. We saw them her on FR until they suddenly disappeared. They won't admit this to pollsters. This was a big problem in Southern swing states and Ohio.
2. We still have a lot of the "teach 'em a lesson" crowd from 2006. They think that deliberately losing elections somehow makes things better for us. They think that refusing to vote for any candidate who doesn't fit their views like a glove somehow increases the chances they get their way. They might want to re-think that now that they have given us four more years of Obama and have made Obamacare unrepealable.
Look, Romney wasn't any of our candidates. But does anyone here really think Obama will be better? Romney survived as the candidate out of a very weak bench. From what I see we will have a much stronger bench in 2016. Problem is, immeasurable damage will have been done to the country by then.
Evangelicals voted 79% for Mormon Romney.
Catholics gave him 48%.
RE: From what I see we will have a much stronger bench in 2016.
Do you see anyone on the horizon?
RE: Problem is, immeasurable damage will have been done to the country by then.
If what you say is true, that conservatives and evangelicals stayed home in droves rather than vote for Romney, then they have simply allowed the immeasurable damage ( your words ) to be done thinking this would be better for the country. How so, is something these people have not adequately explained to my personal satisfaction.