The headline on this column says the GOP blew a "sure victory." And yet, only one candidate beat an elected incumbent in the last 100 years (and we know who that was). Given that historical context, how could the election ever have been a "sure victory" for the challenger? Also, this idea that a more full-throated conservatism might have win the day begs the question: Which people who voted for Obama would have voted for Romney if only he'd been more conservative? That's illogical.
Wait until next year -- 2016, that is.
That’s what disappointed Republican spinners kept saying Tuesday night as they watched Mitt Romney’s hopes crash and burn in swing state after swing state.
How many times did I hear a Republican talk about how their party’s deep bench of future all-stars will return it to power in Washington in four years?
But all the Ryans, Rubios, Bushes, Haleys and Christies in America can’t put the GOP -- or the country -- back together again.
The GOP is a wreck -- and not just in California, where the party’s registration is now...
The people have spoken--let's give Obama and Reid what they want. When the country utterly collapses as a result maybe people will turn to the right.
But you are correct that few Obama voters would have been swayed by a more conservative person. I think the only thing that might have helped Romney was to offer more concrete plans, but I don't think it would have been enough.