I am so sick and tired of hearing how Romney lost because he didn’t campaign well enough or he wasn’t a ‘true good conservative.’
Just take a look at the voting blocs. Minorities voted overwhelmingly because they wanted to see a minority person in charge. If the GOP comes back to power, it’s going to be because they run a
woman and get 66% of the
White vote and then start doing something about these immigration problems.
You’re right. I’ve watched politics for years and even worked in political consulting for a brief time and Romney ran a pretty strong campaign. I give his campaign a solid B. Romney’s first debate performance was masterful. His few missteps were largely media-stokes tempests in tea pots while Obama’s wretched 2012 record, and frankly of his entire 4 years, was entirely soft soaped by the media. Obama’s “bitter clingers” comment from 2008 never got a tenth the play Romney’s out of context and oft misquoted 47% comment got. The media was a huge headwind for Romney to overcome. I don’t think any other candidate could have done it. Heck, the media even ensured their darling Hillary was brought down by their bigger darling Obama in the 2008 Dem primary.
That said, Romney’s turn out op failed him badly esp the Orca vote targeting software his people used. But I blame that on some of his campaign staff more than I do the candidate. Romney also should not have let his foot off the gas in the final debate. But other than this I think he gave a fairly strong performance in the campaign.