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"There's a Sense That We Let Mitt Romney Down"

Liberal commenters are one thing, and without them this site would be boring. The problem is twofold: 1. The leftist spammers who do nothing but repeatedly cut and paste garbage into every thread, making intelligent conversation/debate all but impossible. 2. The complete lack of moderation. Occasionally a comment or two that get out of control will suddenly disappear, but the spammers ARE NEVER IP BANNED. For this reason we MUST have mods more like leftist sites(Huff & Puff) do, but not to that extreme. BOOT THE SERIAL SPAMMERS but let intelligent opposition voices remain.

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....

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Sunday, May 19 | 06:42 AM ET
Sunday, May 19 | 06:42 AM ET
Sunday, May 19 | 06:42 AM ET