McWay, given your pre-election expectations how surprised were you of the total beatdown of the Republican party in the swing states. ?
Shocked would the word. But, now I'm learning that fewer GOP voters and fewer evangelicals showed up for Romney than they did for McCain.
That's even more shocking. Why they would stay home, knowing what another Obama term would mean, is quite nauseating?
Romney wasn't my favorite, going into this. In fact, my fear was that Romney would just be handed the nomination without earning it.
He earned it; therefore, I supported him.
All of my predictions were predicated on ONE THING: Romney at least MATCHING the turnout McCain got.
Now, we know he didn't do that and that's why he lost.
The most sickening part of it all is that the same establishment Republicans (particularly the pundits), who swore up and down that Romney was the ONLY ONE who could beat Obama, are now yapping about how the GOP needs to change its demographics or be more moderate or whatever.
That's what has Tea Party folks so enraged. TWICE we ran the guy THEY said was the only plausible candidate to win and TWICE that guy got killed.