https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/19/its-not-all-romneys-fault-the-economy-helped-reelect-obama/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:43:17 -0400<![CDATA[If you believe Romney lost when he should have won, then he must have made a fatal mistake which needs to be fixed so that Republicans can win again. For Gerson and Wehner, this logic led them down the path of demographics: they conclude that Romney&#8217;s biggest problem was a lack of minority outreach in a changing country. I don&#8217;t think you can say that Romney had a racial rainbow of support, exactly, but I do want to answer their basic question: did Romney flush away a victory that the economy should have delivered to him?]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:20:11 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/19/its-not-all-romneys-fault-the-economy-helped-reelect-obama-n100265