>> Long time experienced political operators, common joe voters, all claiming that that the turnout was the biggest they had ever seen and yet the numbers were down. WERE THEY ALL JUST IMAGINING THAT?
Yes, there were imagining that. People see what they want to see, especially the political operators, who are paid to spin and pretend. The Dems saw the great signs in 2004, the GOP was spinning in 2012.
Perhaps Kerry-Romney can run a join loser ticket in 2016? But who is on the top of the ticket, and who is on the bottom?
They could just randomly flip-flop places on the ticket. Given these two, that would be very appropriate.