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'''Reasons Romney Lost''' include:

'''Reasons [[Mitt Romney|Romney]] Lost''' include:

*weakness on the social issues, such as [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]]

*weakness on the social issues, such as [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]]

*never emphasized the need to improve [[public schools]], as [[George W. Bush]] did successfully in 2000

*never emphasized the need to improve [[public schools]], as [[George W. Bush]] did successfully in 2000

*spent his campaign money on high-priced but ineffective consultants

*spent his campaign money on high-priced but ineffective consultants

*failed to run effective political ads against Obama

*failed to run effective political ads against [[Obama]]

*badly out-of-touch with the common man, and made no real attempt to connect

*badly out-of-touch with the common man, and made no real attempt to connect -- see the infamous "47% video."

*his expensive "Orca" election day "get out the vote" technology failed

*his expensive "Orca" election day "get out the vote" technology failed

*no meaningful outreach to young people

*no meaningful outreach to young people

*surrounded himself by [[RINO]]s

*surrounded himself by [[RINO]]s

*unnecessarily lashed out at [[Todd Akin]] in a way that cost him pro-life volunteers and convinced millions that Romney would be a puppet for the media

*unnecessarily lashed out at [[Todd Akin]] in a way that cost him pro-life volunteers and convinced millions that Romney would be a puppet for the media

*clueless about the [[Democrat]] [[early voting]] machine that resulted in more than a million early votes by mail for Obama in Ohio, and could have elected Mickey Mouse

*clueless about the [[Democrat]] [[early voting]] machine that resulted in more than a million early votes by mail for Obama in [[Ohio]], and could have elected Mickey Mouse

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