Any repub could have won if he had gone on the attack. Romney refused like the coward he is.
This is hilarious.
They attacked. They just didn't come up with a plan to fix the economy that didn't involve deifying the rich and castigating the poor. They didn't read the tea leaves (very ironic, BTW) and see that most Americans don't think that way. That MOST Americans have seen their wealth eroded and have seen that the "job creators" really haven't done that, despite all the tax breaks known to man. They see that all of our middle-class jobs - the good ones you DON'T need life-long debt to be able to get - have been moved off-shore by greedy corporations.
Why is Obamacare even palatable (For the record, I think it fixes nothing)? Clinton tried for health care reform, and was shot down. Know the REAL reason? Because most people were working, most companies were fat enough to give out good health insurance packages, and most people were already covered. So they didn't CARE. Now a lot of them aren't.
The GOP completely misread the feelings of most Americans. Not only did they lose the Presidency, they also lost the Senate. Because, like the Democrats in the late 60's - early 70's, they aren't seeing the change. The presidency became the stronghold of the GOP from 1968-1988. And Clinton was a DINO (Democrat In Name Only). So you can say a rather conservative approach ruled the office for 40 years.
Things have changed. Middle-class people have been screwed (or they THINK they have) and are fighting back. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. They will NOT support any platform that favors the wealthy. THEY want help. They DON'T want radical rhetoric. They want a solution. If the GOP was smart, they could tie into what will become a growing desire of reasonable accommidation. They don't get that by nominating a rich guy who's STUPID enough to say, in PUBLIC, that half of America are freeloaders. And they certainly don't get it by having their Speaker cuss out the Senate Majority leader, like him or NOT.
Romney should have won hands down. A President losing an unpopular war running a struggling economy. Handed to them on a platter. But much like the Democrats in 1972, they nominated someone too far away from what most Americans were worried about.
They blew it.
Wait until 2016. You will see a MUCH different approach from the Grand Old Party. They will toss out the Tea Baggers and the radicals. They will be much more accommidating. Guys like Todd Akin don't have a future.