Election Post-Mortems -- Not Romney's Fault
In addition to many people I run into (e.g., at the gym) who freely share that they are still in mourning, there’s been much hand-wringing and blame in the post-mortem analyses of the election. Too much of it has been directed at Mitt Romney – a great candidate who gave it his all. Ann Coulter explains how and why that blame is mis-directed. She is reinforced in articles by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Kimberly Strassel and Joel Rosenberg, all of whom (along with myself) point out factors like minority vs. religious values turnout, growth of entitlement mentality, a long & vicious primary, an incumbent, etc. Here’s a table of contents for this somewhat long post: 1. “Romney was not the Problem,” by Ann Coulter (interesting contrast w. Reagan, etc.) 2. “More than 6 Million Self-Described Evangelicals Voted for Obama,” by Joel Rosenberg (exit polling analysis of religious turnout and voting) & my analysis of the low Evangelical vote 3. “The GOP Tu...