“They may be blindsided by just how big Romney’s win will be. They live in this DC/NY bubble, speak only to others of like mind. They are totally alienated from ‘middle America.’”
On the other hand, we didn’t see it coming when Obama won. We just focused on the large crowds for Palin in red districts.
Oh, I saw an O win coming. From the time McCain put his campaign on hold forward, McCain/Palin never regained the Big Mo. O drew the same size crowds she did. And O wasn’t the target of relentless panning in the media.
Obama was perceived as this cool guy running against an old guy and a dumb hick chick. They were almost successful in defining Romney, however incorrectly, as a cold, callous, heartless capitalist. Then came Debate #1, and Romney was able to define himself, destroying millions of dollars of advertising in the process.