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Good point. And so when Romney was promising a new direction for the country, he was playing people for fools. In fact, Romney was just pointing to a direction Americans knew all-too-well.
Mitt Romney's top campaign aides conducted a conference call with conservative journalists this afternoon, during which they assessed the damage from Tuesday's electoral loss. The participants included campaign manager Matt Rhoades, political director Rich Beeson, polling director Neil Newhouse and digital director Zac Moffatt. A few notes from the call:
Matt Rhoades, on the overall race: "No campaign is perfect, and we certainly made our share of mistakes." On Paul Ryan: "He has come away from this race with a very bright future before him."
Rich Beeson, on the campaign's strategy: "We won independents and held the base....
As a conservative, I know a lot of free-market reforms Romney could have proposed. But the banks and Wall Street firms that back him wouldn't like it.