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Eyes Unclouded:The fact remains we lost that race. We lost because of a poor campaign (poorly run not poor for $) by a women with no bona fide fiscal conservative experience but plenty of bona fide personal baggage."

No. The GOP lost because of Romney/Rove/Team Romney.
The very same Team that attacked O'Donnell.

Fact: The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
Parker and the rest of TeamROMNEY decided
…… to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.

"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Poor sport spoiler Romney doing what he does best:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

Attacks on Palin may have played a role. However other factors were at play the bank meltdown for one. Even with such leaks and blue on blue sniping Palin was trending in that direction which was an inevitable result of the way she was introduced to the electorate by the media (katie couric for example). The McCain campaign was poorly run and towards the end erratic. You had comments about the economy that weren’t based in reality. You had a random suspension of the campaign. You had all sorts of people playing against each other for future jobs and positions post election. You had personal conflicts between people and alot of animosity towards Palin in particular but I don’t think any one of those played a critical role in the defeat. The country was fed up with Bush, there was a brewing economic crisis, the wars (McCain’s strong point) were largely a non issue, you had the first viable black candidate (one who completely ruled the media), and a huge budget difference between the candidates.

“The very same Team that attacked O’Donnell.” Once again GOP attacks may have played a role but O’Donnell did the greatest chunk of of damage to herself with her own mouth. Her resume should have been vetted and that stuff should have come out in the primary. A healthy state party would have realized that there was no way she could take that seat and either gone with Castle or found a more viable conservative.

On a side note that picture is hilarious did you make it or just find it somewhere?