Mitt lost because too many conservatives were too contrary to vote.
LOL. You really believe that fairy tale? Mitt lost because of the GOTV issues and not responding forcefully enough to the Bain attacks. That killed him in the rust belt and there went the election.
1. Conservatives did undervote and were no-shows, McCain got 1,000,000 more votes than Romney did. Conservatives warned the RiNO's that this would happen if they dissed conservatives and pushed them away. The RiNO's and Romney did this on purpose, and not entirely for "move to the middle" electoral purposes.
2. Romney did consistently, in fine Rovian style, fail to respond to attacks by Dems, even when he had money. Dems timed the Bain attacks for when they knew he would be low on cash after the primaries, and their attacks worked because Romney didn't respond, when voters first began paying attention leading up to the conventions.
This is a RiNO/RNC/Yacht Club failure with a capital F, their fourth since 1992. They failed with Bush 41, Dole, McCain, and now Romney. Their pattern of failure is consistent and predictable, making life easy for people like James Carville and David Plouffe.
Slapping people around and then complaining when they don't show at the dance on their own, isn't a credible technique for Republican victory, and nobody but a dolt will believe that complaint now. The RiNO's are done, stick a fork in 'em.