[Blackirish]

Yes Palin / West with Akin as campaign manager was the answer.

[SoConPubbie]

Yes Palin / West with Akin as campaign manager was the answer.

We've watched as the GOP-E has run two candidates who were moderate in their policy positions and who refused to take the fight to Obama, a socialist.

They both lost miserably.

Any conservative who can/could sincerely and effectively communicate the conservative position, and neither Romney or McCain were/are conservative, would have wiped the floor with Obama.

The utter failure of 2012 rests primarily on Romney's shoulders.

Pretending otherwise, ensures another electoral defeat for the GOP in 2016.