Ok, I was wrong. I thought the Republicans would win the Presidency. I was not the only one. Smart people like Michael Barone and Karl Rove thought so also, in addition to people like Dick Morris. A knowledgeable friend called me the Saturday before the election and told me John McLaughlin, the pollster, just told him Romney wins it going away. So what happened?
First there is the big picture. I think there were three issues that hurt the Romney campaign along the way. The first is his turn to the right to win the primaries. My now politically-astute son asserted...












You didn't expect Obama to win because you probably lock yourself into a conservative bubble that convinces you that everyone agrees with you - conservative blogs, conservative radio, conservative news - instead of fact-based journalism and polls that almost all showed Obama with a lead in swing states.