[Windflier]

They won by political harassment of the TEA party by the MSM and the IRS.

Lake, I hate to differ, but I think we beat ourselves. None of the harassment you speak of stopped us from demonstrating, and that is the one thing that was actually moving the needle.

I understand that the underhanded oppression of the Tea Party from federal agencies put a damper on right-wing political activism, but that was a new front for the Tea Party, and had yet to bear fruit. We were making gains just doing what we were doing, and would have made a lot more, had we just kept it up.

[Lakeshark]

No biggie, but this latest revelation makes a great deal of sense to me. I recall lots of people asking where was the TEA party and why weren't they making a difference. I think it was enough of a harassment, along with "Operation demoralize" of Axelrod's that made sure Bambi won. They didn't need a lot, and it worked. I heard a woman interviewed (a clip played by Rush) of a woman who had been active in the TEA party, who just gave up because of the harrasment, and that was more common that you might think.

It's hard to overcome lots of giveaways, the MSM not reporting, no actually lying about Benghazi, the economy, Fast and furious, etc. ad nauseum.

We didn't help ourselves, Romney made some bad decisions, the MSM was in full protect mode, but in the end it was the illegal crap, the demoralization coup of Axelrod, the giveaways, the voter fraud.