There were no "obvious" signs that Romney was winning. Only folks in total echo chambers believed that. The race is/was close. The popular vote totals will likely be within a point or so. If you thought Romney was "obviously" winning you weren't bothering to get your news from a wide variety of sources. Actually, the majority of the media has believed Obama was winning for a very long time now.
Well Longbow1969 my friend I do use a variety of media sources. And the only media that had Obama winning had democrats wildly oversampled, beyond the 08 turnout, there was little indication that Demos would turn out in those numbers again, let alone exceed them.