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| | *weakness on the social issues, such as [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]] | | *weakness on the social issues, such as [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]] |
| | *fell for [[neoconservative]] claptrap to support foreign interventionalism, causing Romney to lose the last two debates | | *fell for [[neoconservative]] claptrap to support foreign interventionalism, causing Romney to lose the last two debates |
| | + | *clueless about history: [[Tom Dewey]] lost a very similar race in 1948, yet Romney apparently learned nothing from it |
| | *misguided strategy to focus on only the economy | | *misguided strategy to focus on only the economy |
| | *ostracized [[Ron Paul]] and his millions of supporters | | *ostracized [[Ron Paul]] and his millions of supporters |
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| | *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]] | | *clueless about the [[Democrat]] [[early voting]] machine that resulted in more than a million early votes by mail for Obama in [[Ohio]] |
| − | *rampant use of underhanded tactics, such as voter suppression, voter fraud, etc. by Obama supporters | + | *rampant use of political machine tactics by Obama supporters |
| | *Inability of the GOP to win court battles regarding election laws, specifically in battleground states <ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-07/republicans-losing-election-law-war-as-campaign-ramps-up Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up]</ref> <ref>[http://www2.ohio-votes.com/news/2012/sep/02/late-court-decisions-may-impact-2012-election-ar-1158219/ Late Court Decisions May Impact 2012 Election]</ref> | | *Inability of the GOP to win court battles regarding election laws, specifically in battleground states <ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-07/republicans-losing-election-law-war-as-campaign-ramps-up Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up]</ref> <ref>[http://www2.ohio-votes.com/news/2012/sep/02/late-court-decisions-may-impact-2012-election-ar-1158219/ Late Court Decisions May Impact 2012 Election]</ref> |
| | *in general (perhaps due to GOTV efforts) more Democrats voted than Republicans, not only for President, but also in Senate and Congressional races, nationwide. (For example, the sum of all Democratic congressional votes cast were greater than the sum of all Republican votes.) | | *in general (perhaps due to GOTV efforts) more Democrats voted than Republicans, not only for President, but also in Senate and Congressional races, nationwide. (For example, the sum of all Democratic congressional votes cast were greater than the sum of all Republican votes.) |