Originally posted by Rondec Of course, but not all republicans are the same, just like not all democrats are the same. A more centrist candidate who was more in-touch with middle class voters would have made a difference. Romney comment like the 47 percent one just solidified him for who he was, an out of touch rich guy who would say anything to anyone to get elected. That just wouldn't fly once it was exposed. I didn't know anyone excited about his candidacy, although I knew plenty of people who voted for him because of how much they disliked Obama's policies.
Maybe all Republicans aren't the same, but radicals have been suppressing or driving out the moderates. The problem with your theory is that a moderate couldn't have won the primary. Only one moderate Republican stepped up to run for office (Huntsman), and he was virtually ignored by everyone, including the press. Huntsman was the most honest, sincere and thoughtful Republican I've seen in a long time running for President (and, compared to the rest of the candidates running—a virtual Einsteinian saint), so why is it he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being chosen? I say it's because the Republican party has been hijacked by extremists, and that is why they lost the election, or what I see as half the reason anyway.
What's the other half? Something too many on the Right refuse to acknowledge: Obama is a brilliant and competent leader
with a good heart. To have the combination of such intelligence, education, sincerity and humility in the most powerful position on Earth has not gone unnoticed by a lot of us; then factor in how Obama's spirit created a rather dramatic contrast against the incredibly duplicitous mien of Romney and his incompetent team of thugs (offering another Bush-like Presidency) and well . . .