[Diogenesis]

On THIS issue alone, the GOP COULD have won.

So who did the GOPe pick? Why, none other than Mr. RomneyCARE.

[Aria]

GOP chose Romney? I thought it was the voters - the voters in a few states that is - since I never have a choice due to living on the west coast.

[comebacknewt]

Romney won in large part because conservatives decided to trash each other in the primary.

Many here on FR gleefully joined in. Please understand, I'm not picking on FReepers alone. This was true of conservatives everywhere, but some of the shots posted on here about Bachman, Santorum, Perry, Newt, and even Cain at times were stuff you would normally find at the DUmp.

No conservative candidate was good enough. We had to find all their flaws (real or perceived) and then magnify them as much as possible. We had to make sure we destroyed everyone except our particular chosen candidate regardless the cost.

Unfortunaely, in the end, all of our conservative candidates were too damaged to be viable and Romney was the only guy left standing. I hope that we learned a valuable lesson, but my gut tells me we likely learned absolutely nothing from it, and will do it all over again when given our next chance.