Boston – Adviser: Romney “Shellshocked” By Loss

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    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, on stage during the Romney Election Night event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for the 2012 US presidential election in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 06 November 2012.  EPABoston – Mitt Romney’s campaign got its first hint something was wrong on the afternoon of Election Day, when state campaign workers on the ground began reporting huge turnout in areas favorable to President Obama: northeastern Ohio, northern Virginia, central Florida and Miami-Dade.

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    Then came the early exit polls that also were favorable to the president.

    But it wasn’t until the polls closed that concern turned into alarm. They expected North Carolina to be called early. It wasn’t. They expected Pennsylvania to be up in the air all night; it went early for the President.

    After Ohio went for Mr. Obama, it was over, but senior advisers say no one could process it.

    “We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory,” said one senior adviser. “I don’t think there was one person who saw this coming.”

    They just couldn’t believe they had been so wrong. And maybe they weren’t: There was Karl Rove on Fox saying Ohio wasn’t settled, so campaign aides decided to wait. They didn’t want to have to withdraw their concession, like Al Gore did in 2000, and they thought maybe the suburbs of Columbus and Cincinnati, which hadn’t been reported, could make a difference.

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    yuneeq
    yuneeq
    11 years ago

    No one expected GOP turnout in 2012 to be less than McCain’s. Romney is a far more likable candidate than McCain. Obama’s turnout was down by a 10 million and that was expected. If Romney would have beat McCain’s turnout even slightly, which was widely expected especially after the 2010 landslide, he would have won the election.

    We are all shocked.

    berelw
    berelw
    11 years ago

    romney alienated the Latinos…big mistake..he also should have gone easy on woman issues like abortion ect….he should have said there is a value to abortion but woman should make that right decision …he also could have said that he can understand abortion for rape and incest…he would have gotten the woman voters.

    itzik18
    itzik18
    11 years ago

    The country was shell shocked by the loss as well. To many principled conservatives couldnt vote for this moderate, but they didnt realize that their principles which didnt want them to vote for the lesser of two evils gave us the greater of many evils.

    Mark Levin
    Mark Levin
    11 years ago

    We vote & we get what we deserve. The media has been pro Obama since before Day 1. They reported nothing about our drone being shot at by the Iranians. They hardly mentioned Benghazi even if Obama was clearly responsible for the death of our ambassador and marines. Obama’s policies of tax & tax & spend are soley responsible for the dire straits more than 25% of the country finds themselves in. This is all stuff the lapdog brown nosing media should have reported! When the unemployment rate by Bush was around 4% all we heard was how so many people are out of work and how bad it was. It was, at that time, a media created recession. Now, the official unemployment number is 8% but the real number is double that, we don’t hear about it because ObamaMania must be protected.

    We got what we deserved and unfortunately CH’V we will ALL suffer for it in layoffs, inflation, etc.

    Enjoy it but when you get sick of it, remember its Conservative principles that will bring us out of it even if people are expecting cratzmich presents for no good reason.

    wilyamsburg
    wilyamsburg
    11 years ago

    He had just a little less votes then obama (so let him lead 1/2 country)

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    11 years ago

    Nebach, did they really tought they going to win? Not a single poll in the past 6 month showed Romney ahead in electorate. Some polls did show him in popular vote after the first debate for a week. Mr Romney. Reform your party. Do a favor to USA. Not a single minority was won. Lost the Jews,Blacks,Hispanics,Woman etc. The only group you got is the White Christian Male. This country is a democracy. If your party doesnt get it, we will have a one party system very soon. This country is about 15% Black but they elected a black president with the help of Spanish,Yidden,Woman. Next time around the Democrats will have a white running and they will cary 50 States and 80% of the popular vote

    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    11 years ago

    Vote early, vote often, and pay people to vote. Works every time. Helps if the media tell people whom to vote for, and the people obey.

    Liepa
    Liepa
    11 years ago

    Why were Romney and his advisors so in shock. Almost everyone saw it coming, especially once hurricane Sandy kicked in.

    They were running neck in neck up to Sandy.

    All Obama needed to do, once Sandy showed up was to act somewhat presidential and not to trip himself up, which he did. The rest is history!

    ayoyo
    ayoyo
    11 years ago

    the GOP became the Grand Old white Peoples party.

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    11 years ago

    The reason Obama won because Hashem wanted this way. Obamas 4 years there was no suicide bombings in Israel. No Land giving back like Sinai,Ghaza. The only reason Obama doesnt like Bibi because Bibi gave back most of Chevrajn Hebron. Obama is a true Sliach from Hashem Like his Name BH”O

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    11 years ago

    Romney, the reason you lost is because you are an old friend of Bibi. You shouldnt have let him give back to the arabs Hebron.

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    11 years ago

    Well it’s not surprising that all of the conservative advisers were clueless till the last minute. The reason for all this is that conservative people tend to invent their own fables, fantasies and live in closed off bubbles of censored media that feeds them right wing propaganda full of conspiracies and paranoia that’s out of touch with reality. Also conservatives tend to dismiss science, math and technology. Their experts dismiss global warming and climate change as a hoax when all leading scientists around the globe say otherwise; conservative think tanks devour science to promote creationism in schools. Conservatives distort biology and environmental science for their own political agendas. Conservative advisers like Rove abandoned the math that was used by mainstream political forecasters and accused them of being pro-Obama bias. The end result is false numbers and hope for Romney. When conservatives will start embracing math and abandoning spin to cheer their supporters then their election forecasting will be accurate. But they are too accustomed to rely on blind faith and misinformation that GOP supporters love to feed on. Fox News should fire Dick Morris and Rove.

    11 years ago

    This is what happens when you live in a bubble. When you ignore all state polling and aggregation of said polling, in favor of Rasmussen, Karl Rove, Dick Morris, Fox Noise, Drudge, Limbaugh, the “Unskewed Polls” guy, and your “gut feelings”.

    This is what happens when you reject logic, reason, statistics, and precedent, in favor of your preconceived notions.

    This is what happens when you engage in confirmation bias, using terms such as “when I’m president”, as opposed to “if I’m given the honor of being your president”, and not bothering to prepare a concession speech. People don’t like false confidence — or arrogance; they see right through it.

    Ray_from_PA
    Ray_from_PA
    11 years ago

    I am a dyed in the wool conservative. I listened for months as Romny said nothing. Then he did well in the first debate and decided to coast after that. He ran an uninformative, uninspiring, and mediocre campaign that resounded to very few people. Even those who voted were not that enthusiastic for him.

    After spending a BILLION dollars over 6 months, he garnered 3 million less voters. His staff should resign and the Republicans need to know how to mount an effective message. Also, stop with the abortion discussion.

    DovidTheK
    DovidTheK
    11 years ago

    The takers outnumber the makers.
    If you have a father who is strict and makes you wake up early to daven and at night and Shabbos only to learn and makes you eat healthy food and take a shower and wear clean clothes, all the things that are good for you but then you have a mother who lets you sleep late and miss minyan and to watch TV at night and gives you candy and all the things that are bad for you, you know in the long run the father is right but you will pick the mother as your favorite parent. This is like America now. They pick Obama even though he is wrong for them, because he gives them things and he doesn’t care about responsibility.

    monalisa
    monalisa
    11 years ago

    Yes, Sherry, there should be self-reflection…on your part. What gets me is not that Republicans lost. It’s people like you who scoff at us for voting -LIKE YOU- according to OUR principles, beliefs and hopes. Many of us had big dreams for economic stability and they are in pieces, because we have seen our median income fall drastically during the past four years. Some of us even believed in Obama when he took 2008, but those beliefs have turned to dust and it is clear that nothing will change. If anything, things will get worse, not better.

    It’s true, though, that Republicans couldn’t possibly compete with Obamaphones & all the other free stuff he gives to deadbeats. Why should people who get all these handouts (47 million of them & growing) get off their duffs & get a job if they get more to stay home & collect welfare.

    You need to sit in on my class when I teach this. Even my students, many of whose parents voted for your boy, understand how they will not be collecting social security because USA will be bankrupt. They get that they (if they are lucky enough to get a job) will be paying for these bums’ lifestyle. Tell me Sherry…what job do YOU have? Or do you even work?

    monalisa
    monalisa
    11 years ago

    4 reasons for the loss:

    1. Obama gives free stuff. Romney wants people to actually work for things like cell phones.

    2. The Republican party did not appeal to minorities (who will be the majority in 20 years’ time), women, singles or young people. Their message is old, tired, out-of-touch.

    3. The GOP is perceived to be made up of old, rich, white males. So a young Black woman fresh out of college looking for a job doesn’t feel the GOP can relate to her. Truthfully, they didn’t try.

    4. Obama is one of the guys. He plays basketball, he uses home-boy homilies like “folks” & puts on the Black voice to get through to “his” people.

    Tough to swallow, but it’s reality. They need to change before it’s too late for 2016. We need a Rubio, West or Christie to reach out and get this country back.

    BeKind
    BeKind
    11 years ago

    Sheldon Adelson, who donated millions of dollars to Romney’s campaign, should demand an explanation from Romney’s advisors. How can they get it so wrong?

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    11 years ago

    #’s 1 thru 54 Monday morning quarterbacks.

    11 years ago

    Poor Mitt. Its a shame that American will never have had the chance to have Mitt Romney as president. This is likley the last person of that generation and of that calliber to ever have the chance to serve this great office. Axelrod used the stimulas money and outsmarted everyone by pounding that money into an early and strong ground game. Sometimes I just wish these smart commies would work for the better candidate. Oh well.. Love Mitt, will miss him… What a kind, humble, religious, fine family man. And clean to boot, never drank nor smoked.. Clean as whistle.. Would have been so proud to have him asthe father of the country.. Oh well.. What a shame.

    monalisa
    monalisa
    11 years ago

    To Kzler

    Thanks for calling me beautiful! What a lovely compliment!

    11 years ago

    In 2008, I voted for Obama in the Democratic primary, as I couldn’t stand Hillary Clinton. However, in the general election, I voted for John McCain, as I always respected him, and followed his career, over many years. There were certain issues that I had with Obama, at that time. However, this time, I voted for Obama, as I was not thrilled with some of the people who backed him, such as former Secretary of State James Baker (who is no friend of Yidden), or John Sununu, (who is also no friend of ours). Even Ehud Barak, the most heavily decorated soldier in the IDF, had nothing but praise for Obama, and that was good enough for me. The latter being said, I want to correct something which keeps appearing on this site, which is the nonsense about Romney “only paying 14% on his capital gains”. The latter is the law, and is written into the IRS code, to help stimulate investment. I only pay 14% on my capital gains. Therefore, stop trying to imply that Romney has somehow pulled a fast one! His tax returns were perfectly legal, whether anyone likes them or not. This is America, and he is free to earn $20,000,000 or $1,000,000,000. Case closed!

    shalomke
    shalomke
    11 years ago

    obama is responsible for the hurricane sandy disaster and aftermath. Had the media focused on the devastation in NY and NJ,the gas shortage, lack of power, food etc. with even half of the intensity they did during Katrina, Obama would have lost in a landslide. Instead, they showed pictures of him touring in a helicopter, doing nothing, accomplishing nothing, but enough to show that he’s in charge. No focus on the zero accomplishments of government and FEMA in helping people recover.
    In short Obama won because of 3 reasons…The Media, The Media, The Media.

    PMOinFL
    PMOinFL
    11 years ago

    There are so many nutty comments, but the most nutty of them all involve blaming the so-called “mainstream media”. Who makes up the “mainstream media”?

    Let’s look closely for a moment.

    Who is the largest television news outlet? Fox News.
    Who is the largest print news outlet? Wall Street Journal
    Which “infotainment” program has the largest audience? Rush Limbaugh

    So when you say “mainstream media”, I guess we can assume that you are talking about Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and Rush? Hmmmm…. something’s not adding up here…. LOL

    America’s idiot class (ie. those who listen to people like Rush and believe what he says is anything more than entertainment) once again proves themselves to be intellectually dysfunctional, and nothing more than the sad victims of the “infotainment” media and their propagandist mouthpieces (Rush, Hannity, Sharpton, Maddow, etc.).

    SherryTheNoahide
    SherryTheNoahide
    11 years ago

    Wow! So bitter & angry towards a friendly & positive President! Me thinks some people need to quit being such sore losers & start getting behind their country a little more, instead of complaining about it so much! I mean gee, if nobody likes it here…there’s the door! lol Nobody’s forcing any of you to live here still!

    Not to mention, maybe instead of being so bitter & angry…maybe it’s time to do a little self-reflection on attitudes that cost you this election so badly to begin with!

    Do some of you folks even HEAR yourselves?! You sound like Mitt Romney! LOL Accusing 1\2 of the country of being nothing but free-loaders who want gov’t hand-outs…even though you all know people who use Section 8 housing, are on Food Stamps or receive some sort of gov’t ran health care! So who are any of you fooling?!

    Plus, the accusations are old & stale! I myself am a Liberal who voted for Barack Obama. But my husband & I receive ZERO gov’t assistance! And my husband works his fingers to the bone as a Union Ironworker! Nobody “freeloads” at our house!

    So obviously MY STORY pretty much proves people like YOU & Mitt Romney, WRONG! In fact, most of you were wrong about everything! You were wrong about Romney being the “better man” for the Presidency & you were wrong about the election being a “landslide” for Romney too!

    Kicking the poor while they’re down & calling them moochers when most of them probably work like slaves all day long, is NOT a winning argument to win a Presidency!

    Sorry folks, but it’s time some of you do a little self-reflection I think, and figure out what is more important to you! People in poverty & in pain… or your Capitalist beliefs?! Get some of your priorities in order for crying out loud! We are called to HELP our fellow countrymen! Not accuse them all of trying to “rob” you, just because they’re asking for help!