In making these 2008 vs. 2012 comparisons, what gets me is that McCain had just about EVERYTHING going against him... an electorate absolutely sick of Bush and the GOP brand, a massive virtually-unprecedented economic collapse, and the tide-of-history wave promoting the first black president, further imprinted by the media as the epitome of ‘coolness.’
Romney, by comparison, actually had many things going for him; so much ammo to use... a wretched economy, high unemployment, Obama’s bowing-to-enemies foreign policy, outrageous scandals involving government malfeasance (Solyndra, etc.) or a hundred murdered Mexicans (Fast and Furious), the US losing its triple-A rating, etc., etc.,
I mean, good grief! Romney had so many more advantages! Yet to come out with either less or virtually the same number of votes as McCain?
I mean, good grief! Romney had so many more advantages! Yet to come out with either less or virtually the same number of votes as McCain?
Exactly, and it worries me tremendously that the Romney crowd isn't shamed, or embarrassed, or humbled, they are merely marching on, determined to find the next Romney.
That’s because Romney highlighted the economy only and everything else from Benghazi to Fast and Furious to DNC delegates booing God and Obama’s embrace of gay marriage were all taken off the table. This gave Obama a free and open field.
Who are the missing Republican voters? Evangelicals gave record support to Romney, so it had to be some other group that sat it out.