I would agree with that analogy a lot more, if you could provide specific examples of policy you thought Romney/Ryan were hawking that revealed they were running in the wrong direction.
If you look at the speeches in the waning days of the campaign, I see very little evidence of what you are describing.
Am I missing something you two saw? Could be. Explain to me what it was.
The point of mine you were referencing was about how Romney campaigned as if he was winning when he was losing in critical state polls. So playing it light, dropping Benghazi, playing as if it was in the bag already was running in the wrong direction, not fighting aggressively.
The broken compass was Rush and others here saying all the polls were wrong and to ignore them. (I can probably dig up >50 posts that say this) I am sure Romney knew this was not true but he acted as if it was.
As far as policies go :I don't take POTUS campaign promises seriously esp if they require congress.
I was replying to a post Here about how Rush said all the polls were wrong. If the GOP realized how stron the Dem turnout was going to be, maybe they could have put more work into that aspect. But drifting into victory clearly was not going to work.
Sometimes I think Romney could have said something different, or didn't say something he should have (Benghazi), but maybe there are too many dumb voters who were going to vote for O no matter what happened.