To believe Mitt can win you have to believe these things:
(1) That you can get 62,000,000+ Votes (the most any Republican has ever gotten) without overt support of the Social Conservatives.
(2) That Obama can actually lose 15% of the vote he got in 2008 ~ and he got 69,000,000 votes!
That's the task. It is best done by a candidate who can ATTRACT some Democrats (e.g. unemployed youth) and also ATTRACT all the Republicans.
You cannot win as a Republican by rejecting the support of major factions affiliated with the Republican party. That does not work.
No joy.
I see no joy, no happiness, no optimism.
It’s really sad to be you all.
Glad I’m not.