If Romney turns out to be a huge disappointment to the GOP, their excuse will be?

[DFW]

Mitt-igating circumstances.

[oldhippydude]

1. willard-full misconduct n/t

[Ikonoklast]

2. Un-Mitt-igated Disaster.

Or...


Ein Hund verzurrt auf dem Dach des Autos mit Mitt Romney fahren.

[mazzarro]

10. That is a GOOD one!

[Journeyman]

3. Same as it always is -- no excuses, but simply say: "He's not a true conservative!". . .

It's how they castigated Bush père, dismissed Dole, forgot Bush the Lesser, and brushed aside McCain. It's how they'll move on from Romney -- blame his failings not on his personality, or worse yet on the miserable policies he fronts (and hasn't the courage to publicly acknowledge because he -- and the rest of the Republicans -- know it would be political and social suicide), but instead will don their hair shirts, flail themselves with unrestrained abandon, and proclaim for all to hear that a real conservative would have had no trouble winning hearts and minds and triumphing over Obama and "currish liberalism."

They won't offer excuses. They'll point to "reasons," and thereby keep their minions enthralled.

[lob1]

4. Somehow Obama did it.

[Historic NY]

7. Yup that works or the Liberal Media.

[graham4anything]

5. the excuse that will lead to Jeb Bush's nomination in 16 vs. Hillary

which is what the Bush family has wanted all along, no matter the outward signs.

It's almost as if Rove is orchestrating Herr Mittens to lose and lose big, thereby repudiating both Mittens, the teaparty and Ryan.

For Bush to come back for the nomination, he needs Ryan to be repudiated and the whole republicanlibertariantea party thought of as crazy, nuts and loco.

Then he comes in as the calming force

It's really pathetic how easy it is to see this(and something I have said now for 4 years).

either way though, Hillary has got 2016 in the bag, against Jeb or one of the nut jobs.
Herr Mittens will be relegated to the trash heap, much like whatshisname Goldwater was after his mega lose in 1964.

[chknltl]

6. Some of 'em will blame Clinton

remember when they used to 'blame Clinton' for dang near everything? Well this time they will be partially right. (chknltl still basking in that warm fuzzy warmth brought on by President Clinton's recent speech at the DNC).

[JeffersonLoveChild]

8. Oh, that's easy. He wasn't a real conservative.

Heck, they've been saying that of McCain for the last four years - conveniently ignoring the fact that McCain continues to hold one of the most conservative voting record in Congress.

[Mtndreamer]

9. They will play the victim once again..

yes these powerful men and women who love to rattle their sabres, and tell everyone how brave they are when they send the poor kids off to war, will blame the media..

Lamestream Media
Drive by Media.. it goes on and on and on and on and on...

[DFW]

11. Amazing, isn't it?

All these macho, belligerent, armed-to-the-teeth, God-on-their-side, tough guys whine like mistreated babies when we wimpy, underfunded libbrul pussies seem to whup their asses armed with nothing but a few good ideas and a coherent way of presenting them. That's why they need a few billion dollars from Adelson, Murdoch's media and the Kochs , and even then they best they can hope for is to hold us to a draw.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Future tense question?

[DFW]

14. There have to be a few of them out there who aren't yet aware of the situation

Otherwise, Fox Noise would be having a fire sale on advertising slots.

[Bad Thoughts]

13. Shoot the messenger!

Never admit that Romney's campaign is an actual reflection of the state of the GOP.

[mojo2012]

15. Benjamin Netanyahu

Romney would throw him under the bus

[pilar007]

24. or tie him to the roof of the bus

nt

[FSogol]

16. "Romney wasn't a REAL conservative."

Bank on it!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

19. Makes you wonder why they can never seem to nominate a "true conservative" like Santorum, Gingrich

If victory would be assured with somebody like them.

[Jennicut]

20. Those darn Repub primary voters, defying the leadership of the Repub party every time.

They will soon have to blame their own voters.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. Of course Romney didn't get a rousing endorsement in the primary

but the "conservative" vote ended up chopped up into too many pieces so to fail to seriously threaten Romney's nomination. Like one talk show host I listened to (Michael Smerconish), Romney didn't "win" the primary, he "survived" it.

[Jennicut]

22. True. They had a really bad batch of candidates this year.

I mean, they are awful every 4 years but this time they were really bad. Newt? Herman Cain (who can forget him)? There was Bachmann of course and "the hair", Rick Perry. I guess Mittens was it.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. It was a VERY awful group of candidates

but, ultimately, somebody had to win the primaries, so Romney was voted "the most likely to succeed". I have to admit that I was concerned about his nomination because I thought that he'd tack to the center after the primaries and pretend to be a Massachusetts Moderate like Scott Brown and fool enough people into believing that his tenure at Bain would be great for this country/economy. I also thought that he'd be more presentable and "sane" based on his past history. Thankfully, I've been wrong so far thanks to a strong Obama campaign but Mitt has really been his own worst enemy.

[beac]

17. "Voter Fraud!"

Accompanied by a whole new round of mass disenfranchisement tactics-- this time aimed at women, 'cause yanno only people with lady bits will vote for Hillary.

Or maybe they think that they can tip 2016 by making sure every woman that has a miscarriage b/c then and now gets thrown in prison?

No matter what excuse they peddle for the Mittastrophe, the Repukes will be twice as nasty and three times less cooperative in Obama's second term. We must work to give him the House and Senate too!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. ACORN (voter fraud)!!!

they will find some way, I guarantee it!