Was Romney's defeat one of the GOP's most disappointing?

[darklordoftech]

Yes, but I think ultimately, the GOP couldn't overcome..

1. Vivid memories of Dubya's presidency and while Dubya wasn't as unpopular in 2012 as in 2008, he was still pretty unpopular

3. Satisfaction with Obama's foreign policy (cracks wouldn't start to show until the second term)

It didn’t help that Romney’s talking points on foreign policy sounded like a desire to return to Dubya’s foreign policy and Romney’s running mate was one of the leaders of Dubya’s plan to privatize Social Security.

[darklordoftech]

3) The economy was still shaky

Opinions?

Yeah, the economy was shaky. But it was improving (even if most Americans have barely noticed).

The GOP under Bush was blamed for breaking it. Being frustrated at how slow Obama was to fix still doesn't mean you go back to the guy who broke it

It was quite something how the GOP said, “There’s a recession under Obama, so vote him out” as if Bush never existed.