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Why Did Mitt Romney Lose?

getition Wrote: Nov 08, 2012 1:31 PM

Remember when Obama made a video about staying in school, studying and working hard? The Republican party instructed its minions to say Obama was a Communist because he dared address the American elementary school population. These same Republicans called Reagan and George HW Bush true American patriots when they did same. We should now have a conversation in "Profiles in Republican Cowardice...."

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Why Did Mitt Romney Lose?

Of course, virtually every American who follows politics closely will posit an explanation for why Mitt Romney came up short in 2012. But Sean Trende’s analysis over at Real Clear Politics seems to be the most insightful -- and plausible. Take a look at the following chart embedded in his must-read article:

Conventional wisdom tells us that Republicans lost because they failed to reach out to Hispanics, African-Americans and young people. And to a certain extent that is

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