All this talk of demographics, minority trends, etc. is silly. There were more than enough votes outstanding which did not show up for Romney to have won easily. The GOP main focus for the next 4 years should be registration and turnout. Not caving in on social issues and amnesty.

Rocks on November 14, 2012 at 3:19 PM

This.

It’s stay-at-home “true conservatives” and renegade Paultards who let the country down by helping Obama get reelected. If that insults you it’s only because you’re one of them. Go ahead, keep laughing. This is on you and your kind.

cicerone on November 14, 2012 at 5:13 PM

Heh. Like most “TrueCons”, I held my nose and voted for Romney. Meanwhile, nearly 60% of sacred, smart moderates didn’t stay home: they voted for Obama.

Based on what, by the way? On that myth of Romney’s super-electability?

ddrintn on November 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM

It’s stay-at-home “true conservatives” and renegade Paultards who let the country down by helping Obama get reelected. If that insults you it’s only because you’re one of them. Go ahead, keep laughing. This is on you and your kind.

Based on what, by the way? On that myth of Romney’s super-electability?

ddrintn on November 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM

A number of things.

1. There are 10 million more voters in 2012 than in 2008.
2. Obama would get less votes than in 2008, which he did. 6 million less.
3. Romney’s doing way better in polls than McCain did.

Oh, give me a break. There were at least a few of us on this very site who were warning of that very thing. But since we didn’t buy into the rah-rah “Mitt’s gonna win in a landslide/ a Ham Sandwich could beat O” b.s., we were “trolls”. “Concern troll’s concern duly noted!!!!” And now NOBODY saw it coming, omigawb.

ddrintn on November 14, 2012 at 3:56 PM

Damn well said.

We told them and told them, and they told us that we were wrong. Now that we’ve been proven right they’re acting like we never existed to begin with. Good grief.

All you had to do was look at the fact that Romney was almost always bringing up the rear in the RCP average. But any poll that didn’t show Romney in the lead was DNC propaganda. It’s exactly like Dems in 2004. Exactly. We was robbed. Jesusland did us in. The voters are stupid. And on and on and on.

ddrintn on November 14, 2012 at 4:16 PM

This would make sense if it were true. Romney led the RCP average for a time. Based on polls with a wrong model yes, but he led.

It was reasonable to assume he would do better than McCain.

Rocks on November 14, 2012 at 4:11 PM

Based on what, by the way? On that myth of Romney’s super-electability?

I was addressing pollsters and pundits when I said no one.

Rocks on November 14, 2012 at 4:11 PM

All you had to do was look at the fact that Romney was almost always bringing up the rear in the RCP average. But any poll that didn’t show Romney in the lead was DNC propaganda. It’s exactly like Dems in 2004. Exactly. We was robbed. Jesusland did us in. The voters are stupid. And on and on and on.

ddrintn on November 14, 2012 at 3:56 PM

I was addressing pollsters and pundits when I said no one. Many thought Romney would lose but I doubt they thought he would do no better than McCain. Romney could have gotten 2 million more votes and still have lost to Obama. There are 10 million more eligible voters now than in 2008. It was reasonable to assume he would do better than McCain. Especially given the knowledge that Obama’s vote total would drop, which it did by 5% from 2008.

The only way an Obama win was predictable here was if you were a left wing partisan.

Rocks on November 14, 2012 at 3:19 PM

LOL…the delusion still hasn’t worn off yet. Give it time, I guess.