Romney won the independent vote. It is no guarantee of victory. Romney also won the white vote 59-39 and it still wasn't enough. The changing demographics of this country fueled by legal immigration is the game changer.
That is the plan and a devilishly effective one, too. I fear it has gone too far to reverse at this late stage without a lot of widespread violence aka civil war and/or breakup of the country into pieces.
Teddy Kennedy wins from the grave...?