To be honest, Romney very well could have won had he run a better campaign and selected a different running mate. Paul Ryan is no extremist but someone like Portman could have given him the edge in Ohio.

But their were plenty of other things that prevented Romney from winning. Mitt is a moderate in my mind, but the whole image of the Republican party is very villianized at the moment. Combine that with the fact that Obama is much more likeable than Romney to the average person. It's like PB said, the guy is a mope.

The GOP has to realize this country is too diverse to run on the white vote anymore. They need someone with charisma and moderate policies (who can specify them better) to run in 2016, and if Santorum is in that last of candidates they are fucked.