Why did Mitt Romney lose? Conservatives offer their opinions

Clear eyes, full heart, and a loss.

Mitt Romney was too liberal/moderate
Dana Loesch @DLoesch
Democrats deserve their night of celebration. Conservatives, remember your ideology tonight and what makes you different.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:20:25
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Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle
Remember all the estab types who insisted that the ONLY person who cd beat Obama was Romney?
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:29:55
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Kathryn Jean Lopez @kathrynlopez
if this is where we are, prepare for some tough back to fundamentals years. we had to get back to them anyway.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:20:12
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davidfrum @davidfrum
Steve Hayes on Fox saying Romney - Ryan not right wing enough.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:23:14
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Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle
JUST A THOUGHT...Next time, GOP might want to think about nominating a conservative.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:28:57
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Matthew Naugle @MattNaugle
Clearly, Mitt Romney needed to be more a compromising moderate and not such a rigid right-wing tax-cutting radical extremist.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:17:28
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Matt K. Lewis @mattklewis
Krauthammer says "Romney was a transitional figure." True.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:48:08
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Joshua Treviño @jstrevino
Above all else, Republicans need to understand that this is primarily a disaster of "electable" moderates.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:33:43
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Mitt Romney was too conservative
davidfrum @davidfrum
Now begins work to build modern center-right party to oppose the real President Obama, not the racialist fantasy of empty-chair Obama (2/2)
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:19:09
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Mitt Romney was out-of-touch
Joshua Treviño @jstrevino
Let this be your lesson: comparative authenticity beats comparative inauthenticity every time.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:30:18
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Joshua Treviño @jstrevino
So wait, nominating our version of John Kerry didn't work?
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:22:15
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davidfrum @davidfrum
RT @TheFix: 1 in 5 voters said a candidate who cares about them was critical in their decision. Obama won that group 82-17. Empathy matters.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:40:51
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Barack Obama ran a better campaign/was going to win anyway
Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT
Thought Obama went too hard on social issues/interest-group pandering, not hard enough on old-fashioned Mediscare. But the balance worked.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:27:52
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Erick Erickson @EWErickson
Dear conservatives: there was no fraud, there was no stealing, and hard to see how status quo throws us to socialism.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:19:48
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Erick Erickson @EWErickson
Conservatives shouldn't feel too bad. They largely knew Romney couldn't win until the President couldn't win the first debate. & then hoped
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:17:41
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The media was going to be against whoever the nominee was
John Nolte @NolteNC
We couldn't beat the margin of media. Gotta learn from this and gear up for the next one.
Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:20:25
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