[SoConPubbie]

Can you explain why conservatives didn’t select someone else in the primaries?

Oh, you know the answers to this one, it was pretty obvious:

1. Overwhelmingly funding disadvantages on the conservatives part.
2. Character assassination by Romney, including lying about both candidates with add 24/7 using that funding disadvantage.
3. A conservative press that refused to vet the record of Romney.

[Williams]

Why couldn’t other candidates raise more money from conservatives, when there is such a huge tea party/ conservative movement?

All you’re saying is, the others lost. They didn’t raise enough money, the media didn’t help them, and Romney’s attacks worked on them.

It’s hardly a conspiracy or rocket science, they just lost.

In any event, I assume this was not a likely voters poll?

[Little Ray]

Add:

Open Primaries.
A large segment of Republicans are “moderate.”