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Originally Posted by Danzig
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...n_party_s.html
an excerpt:
But even a clumsy candidate might have beaten Obama if not for a simple factor that could not be overcome: the GOP’s growing extremism. The Republican strategy of making the election a referendum on the president’s handling of the economy was perfectly sound. The problem was that the Republican Party couldn’t pass the credibility test itself. For many voters disenchanted with Obama, it still was not safe to vote for his opponent.
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This is very well said. Look at these threads on this board. How many posts did you see about birth certificates vs. GDP?
Romney needed to go so far right in order to get through the primary that it was near impossible for him to get close enough to the center to win the general election. His campaign did a phenomenal job to get that close.