In 2012, there was no way the GOP could lose, Carter II was doomed and the country approaching depression.
Mitt Romney, the failed governor of Massachusetts, who lost his chance for reelection and left office with 34% approval, and who has won a single election in 20 years of campaigning, was the problem, he was an artificial construct who had never been a part of republican or conservative politics, who was only focused on a personal drive to be president for no known reason or purpose.
We still don’t know what his politics are, or why he has been obsessed with being president for 20 years.
People here have different feelings on his election disaster, but everyone here can agree that they really don’t know anything about the man himself, or how the one term governor from Massachusetts ever came to be the leader of the conservative/republican agenda in America.
Mitt Romney, Karl Rove, and the anti-Reagan wing of the GOP are behind this mystery of the last 6 years in regards to William Weld’s protege, Mitt Romney.
But I thought once he cinched the nomination, he ran much better than McCain. Esp. his debate performance, I thought he swayed quite a lot minds.
I absolutely agree with you, there is no way GOP could lose. From election day citizen journalists reporting, enthusiasm was high, I couldn't believe Romney had less voter counts (I still don't believe the voter counts, call me a conspiracy-whatever-ist) than 2008. I think Obama bought and stole the election outright.
Anyway, all these post-election finger pointing and self-recrimination were based on the assumption that more voted for Obama than Romney.