[View the story "Why did Mitt Romney lose? Conservatives offer their opinions" on Storify ]Why did Mitt Romney lose? Conservatives offer their opinions Clear eyes, full heart, and a loss. Storified by Digital First Media · Tue, Nov 06 2012 20:56:13
Mitt Romney was too liberal/moderate Democrats deserve their night of celebration. Conservatives, remember your ideology tonight and what makes you different.Dana Loesch
Remember all the estab types who insisted that the ONLY person who cd beat Obama was Romney?Laura Ingraham
if this is where we are, prepare for some tough back to fundamentals years. we had to get back to them anyway.Kathryn Jean Lopez
Steve Hayes on Fox saying Romney - Ryan not right wing enough.davidfrum
JUST A THOUGHT...Next time, GOP might want to think about nominating a conservative.Laura Ingraham
Clearly, Mitt Romney needed to be more a compromising moderate and not such a rigid right-wing tax-cutting radical extremist.Matthew Naugle
Krauthammer says "Romney was a transitional figure." True.Matt K. Lewis
Above all else, Republicans need to understand that this is primarily a disaster
of "electable" moderates.Joshua Treviño
Mitt Romney was too conservative Now begins work to build modern center-right party to oppose the real President Obama, not the racialist fantasy of empty-chair Obama (2/2)davidfrum
Mitt Romney was out-of-touch Let this be your lesson: comparative authenticity beats comparative inauthenticity every time.Joshua Treviño
So wait, nominating our version of John Kerry didn't work?Joshua Treviño
RT @TheFix: 1 in 5 voters said a candidate who cares about them was critical in their decision. Obama won that group 82-17. Empathy matters.davidfrum
Barack Obama ran a better campaign/was going to win anyway Thought Obama went too hard on social issues/interest-group pandering, not hard enough on old-fashioned Mediscare. But the balance worked.Ross Douthat
Dear conservatives: there was no fraud, there was no stealing, and hard to see how status quo throws us to socialism.Erick Erickson
Conservatives shouldn't feel too bad. They largely knew Romney couldn't win until the President couldn't win the first debate. & then hopedErick Erickson
The media was going to be against whoever the nominee was We couldn't beat the margin of media. Gotta learn from this and gear up for the next one.John Nolte
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