he lost, first and foremost, because he was a sucky presidential candidate and we all knew that going into this here at FR and we said as much endlessly during the primaries. We did our best to keep him out of this election but he managed to impose his will upon us and then he managed to lose the election just as many of us predicted he would. I don't know why anyone is surprised frankly. was their fraud? of course. I honestly don't think there has ever been a US election that didn't involve a degree of election fraud. That's not why Romney lost though.
There were several reasons Romney lost. Not the least reason being the Republicans who, if they can't have the candidate of their choice, will vilify and destroy the nominee with all sorts of negative comments. You don't see or hear the Democrats trying to destroy their candidate, and you can bet most of them know that Obama is unqualified for the job and one of the biggest liars next to Bill and Hillary Clinton to ever occupy the White House. Republicans need to learn there is no perfect candidate, and what pleases one person may not please another, but we have got to learn not to destroy our candidates. Some Republicans refused to vote because they didn't get their way! I voted for Romney and would vote for him again today because I believe he and Ryan could/would turn around our economy. I, also, believe the defense of our nation would be more secure, and they would stand with Israel.
Chris Christie certainly is responsible for aiding and abetting Obama by embracing him and praising him to high heaven. Obama used him for a photo op and lied to him while doing so, but Christie didn't have enough sense to recognize it. He was promoting himself while stabbing Romney in the back.
I believe fraud played a huge part in Romney's defeat. I think America just got a glimpse of Chicago politics at its’ worst. Ironically, places that threw out Republican poll watchers went over 90% for Obama and other places went for him 100%. The mainstream media needs to be ostracized and newspapers such as The N.Y. Times should pay the price for their duplicity in electing Obama again.