Letter: Mitt Romney's defeat was due to a misguided campaign and his own ill-advised comments

Published: Thursday, Nov. 15 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event at Port Columbus International Airport, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio.

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I couldn't disagree more with Paul Taylor's opinion that Romney was done in by the Republican primary battles ("Primaries reason for loss," Nov. 12). There is overwhelming evidence Romney's defeat was due to a misguided campaign and his own ill-advised comments.

Primary campaigns have consequences, but the heated Democratic primaries in 2008 didn't keep Obama from winning the general election or patching things up with the Clintons, and they had little or no effect on this year's presidential race.

I agree with Taylor, though, on the advisability of Marco Rubio's cachet in Republican politics. As for his suggestion that the GOP select its presidential candidate now and groom him or her for 2016, good luck with that.

Gary Wood

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RanchHand

Huntsville, UT

The party of "Personal Responsibility" is looking every which way for a scapegoat.

7:35 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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Screwdriver

Casa Grande, AZ

His "missquided" campain and statement were directly driven by the republican party's platform. So you are really just saying that he lost because the republican party doesn't represent enough of Americans.

2:36 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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LDS Liberal

Farmington, UT

Republican Governor Bobby Jingal said it best yesterday and the day before when he said --

Republicans need to stop being the party of stupid,
Talk radio and their extreme rhetoric pushed Middle America away from the GOP,
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9:13 a.m. Nov. 15, 2012
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