More Head-Scratching About Mitt’s Well-Financed Defeat

Unearned optimism was their Kool-Aid
To spin every statistic:
Charitably, one could say they’d been
Guardedly unrealistic.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/why_romney_was_surprised_to_lose_his_campaign_had_the_wrong_numbers_bad.html

Why Romney Lost (Vol. #17)

If this were football, what Mitt had

Been doing ad hoc

Is holding onto the ball and trying to

Run out the clock.

This time-tested strategy can often work

But what should be said

Is don’t run out the clock if you’re behind

Only if you’re ahead.