Romney's Loss: The Wrong Man at the Right Time



By Dov Fischer


A week has passed, providing distance from the elections. That time allows for some additional thinking.

By the time Election Day had come, I was very enthusiastic about voting for Romney, not merely about voting against Obama. I had stopped recalling how unenthusiastic about Romney we conservatives had been until the October 3 first debate.

How desperate we had been a year ago to find someone, anyone but Romney. We contemplated Tim Pawlenty. After he went on Sunday talk shows calling the president's "Affordable Care Act" by a clever name -- "ObamneyCare" -- we awaited the debate that would pit Pawlenty head-on against Romney. The debate came days later. Invited to tell Romney to his face what he had told Chris Wallace, Pawlenty backed down. Exit Pawlenty.  Cont. Reading

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