[Defiant]

Romney had no problem being a lying, mean bastard when he was attacking conservatives like Newt and Santorum. His kid gloves treatment of Obama betrays that he is more on the side of the liberals than the conservatives. He hates conservatives; he only disagrees with socialists, and only in degree. That is why he lost. He needed to take out Obama, but the case against Obama requires that you describe what he really is. Liberals don’t like to describe soclialism as evil, because they buy into most of it. And so, Romney lost.

[wrench]

How many here stated there was little difference in core political beliefs between MR and BO, only to be shouted down by the mittbots.

Mitt was able to convincingly wage war with the true conservatives because he shared none of their beliefs.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Romney had no problem being a lying, mean bastard when he was attacking conservatives like Newt and Santorum. His kid gloves treatment of Obama betrays that he is more on the side of the liberals than the conservatives. He hates conservatives; he only disagrees with socialists, and only in degree. That is why he lost. He needed to take out Obama, but the case against Obama requires that you describe what he really is.”

NAILED it.

[Ouderkirk]

In time to reflect on why Romeny lost, I have realized that it was a done deal long before election day.

The election was lost by Romney when on August 7 he agreed to allow the Audit the Federal Reserve” to be added to the GOP platform. Form that point forward he was done. THere are those who will never allow an audit of the Fed to occur....ever.

The rest is just window dressing.

[Mr. Jeeves]

His kid gloves treatment of Obama betrays that he is more on the side of the liberals than the conservatives.

More likely, after a good, hard-hitting performance in the first debate, the weak sister consultants got to him - horrified that the sight of white man beating up a somewhat blackish man on TV looked too "racist". Romney is on Romney's side, and if he had remembered that he could have won.

[x]

Maybe. But that's also standard campaign strategy. The closer to the general election you get the less angry and aggressive you get.

Admittedly, Mitt blew it. He didn't get it right, but most candidates make their points and show how different they are from their opponent early on, and then try not to open up any wounds in the last month.

Try it different next time and we'll see if it works any better.