“All these polls tell me is that we’re not doing enough. Romney has to worry about getting moderate Dems. We’re still stuck arguing idealogy amongst ourselves.”
And the crux of the problem is this. Romney is so concerned about the moderate turnout that he doesn’t care at all for the base.
We should expect to see a repudiation of the ‘principles’ that he claimed to support in a bid to salvage his campaign.
The solution is not to run Romney if you want to win an election. The man lost vs McCain. The man nearly lost to Santorum. Are we surprised when his primary difficulties carry on over to the general election? He’s never been electable, he’s always struggled to win over the electorate. He is the nominee who has won the most primary states without becoming president on either party, by far.
So who should we have picked?If running Romney is bad cuz he lost to McCain how could any of the other GOP candidates be better? They all lost to Romney. Btw Romney was never close to losing to Santorum
Answer this: Kerry was a horrible candidate yet he barely lost in an economy with 3% growth, 5% unemoyment and stronger job creation than now, why? The answer isn’t Romney is lousy. Answer is America is now center left. 2010 might have been a fluke election like 1946 or 1982. We’ll soon find out.
Should Romney lose there will be serious introspection on the part of conservatives about what has happened to the American character.