Its always good to hear the opinion of a failed political pundit.
Yes you were wrong, as you have always been about every issue.
Even as you admit your failure you continue to try to sell the lies that no one bought when the GOP first tried to sell them.
The problem is not with Republicans, its with pundits like yourself who continue to try to sell an alternate universe that only people in the GOP bubble can see.

You were one of the first people I thought of when the results poured in last night in favor of Obama. You predicted a "big win" for Romney, and that made me think that you perhaps live in the Fox News bubble. There was a certain arrogance to it, and its that arrogance that makes Obama's win so satisfying. Because try as hard as you and the others in the bubble might, you cannot re-write the reality that is staring you in the face this morning. You and your party are stunningly out of touch with the reality in America. And that is something the Republican party is really going to have to look at if they want to be relevant at all in the future.

Here's a note of caution. You should have stopped after saying you were wrong.

Jennifer:

> A note of caution, however, to Democrats in general and President
> Obama in particular: while the Electoral College may look like a landslide,
> the popular vote was not. If the next four years look very much like the
> last four years, the results in 2016 will be dramatically different.

Even *THAT* is a foolish remark. In 2016, we will probably still be electing our President via the Electoral College so the strategies employed by the incumbent parties will still be focused on optimizing the Electoral College votes rather than the popular vote. And a relatively few Americans will still unfortunately be deciding the Presidential election.

If we ever *DO* jettison the Electoral College, then you'll see the parties switch their strategies towards capturing the nationwide popular vote and tallies nationwide will shift. But we probably never will jettison the EC; the Republicans would lose many more elections without it. In particular, Jeb Bush and his successors wouldn't have any chance to fix an election by "fixing Florida" (via ChoicePoint, failed butterfly punch-card ballots, Brooks Brothers Riots, etc.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choicepoint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

Jennifer, take a few minutes and read this piece from The Atlantic online: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/how-conservative-media-failed-their-readers/264855/

I think you may see that the lesson from this election is that conservatives need to pay attention to more than one news source, particularly if that news source rarely mentions the last Republican president and the collosal failure of his administration, something that those of us with working memories remember clearly.

Its always painful when something you've worked for doesn't happen, and I'm sure its still stinging Jennifer, but it might help to remember this...

First... admit that there are as many reasons one candidate wins over the other as there are voters who go or don't go to the polls.

Then.. try to make the best of things as they are, accept the fact and move forward. Don't be like those sour political hacks that pledge to do everything to make the next four years difficult for the President. Its not very good for the country or for any of us either.

The results in 2016 will not be different, they will be identical as long as both parties continue to prop up weak, incapable candidates.

"while the Electoral College may look like a landslide, the popular vote was not"

Obama won the popular vote by nearly 3,000,000. Still waiting on Florida...
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/main

Hillary 2016.

Ms Horn-
Congratulations on being as accurate and truthful as Dick Morris from Fox News. How utterly embarassing that must be for you.

Ms Horn,
Quit moaning and for once, listen.
The voters of NH sent a loud and clear message yesterday to the Republicans.

I guess blogs full of lies don't work, eh Jennifer? Pro tip: substance over fear and loathing. You will have to do more than use people's hatred to win an election.

It's good to see the party of tolerance leaving their indelible mark in the comments on this posting. Clearly, they don't know how to win graciously.

Paul Ryan will still be chairman of the House Budget Comm. Mr Obama will have to work with him if he wants to be a leader. He should listen to suggestions from Mr Romney.

The Democratic Party won in Tuesday's election. The American people lost.

It's all the MAIN STREAM MEDIA's fault...again! What a lame, often used excuse, of the right wing!

There are plenty of people that got this one wrong. It seems I've been working on getting Romney elected for the past 5 or 6 yrs. So it's a bit heart breaking for me. I'll go through my morning period and then move on turning my focus to Salem's local elections. Now some of the things Jennifer states I totally agree with some I don't. Either way my opinion, this was an election the we (Republicans) should have won but didn't. We, you, Jennifer or I could debate the reason why or how it happened for weeks to come. But for now I'll just say we were out played, out maneuvered... and failed to convince the voters that we were the solution to our country's problems. Or may be they just decided to with the devil they know instead of the one they don't know. But it's over and for now I'll just say we got our butts handed to us not only nationally but here in NH for a boat load of reasons.

So, Mrs. Horn made a prediction that was similar to the predictions made by dozens of political analysts across the country, including several from major American newspapers. She acknowledges that she got it wrong and makes an attempt to evaluate the results with what she admits is "very little time" after the election and before her deadline and promises more in-depth response in the future ... and that makes her a bad person because why? The difference between Mrs. Horn and most of the commenters on this article is that she is an articulate, professional, paid columnist and you are all nasty internet trolls who apparently have nothing better to do than make personal attacks on people. I don't always agree with Mrs. Horn completely, but I will take her honesty and sincerity over your political nastiness any day. I hope that this President will lead us toward a more united country and economic security, but if the supporters on this page are any indication, I'm not hopeful.

I wouldn't call her a hack. You only do so because you disagree with her. Which in turn makes you a hack by your own standards. By they good point abouve they will have to make changes or face many more losses

If the right continues to reject reality they are doom to fail again.

As someone who voted for Obama, hopefully I can shed some light on why Obama won this election. Republicans can choose to pay heed to these comments with an open mind, or continue placing the blame on the mainstream media and ignorant Americans.

I am not a card-carrying member of any political party. Technically, I am considered “undecided” by the NH voter registry. More accurately, I am an independent thinker. I voted for Bill Clinton twice, George W. Bush twice and now Barack Obama twice. Jennifer speculated that Romney lost because “the Republican effort…fell short of connecting the dots and closing the deal.” Jeff Hatch commented “we were outplayed and outmaneuvered.” When I cast my vote in this recent election it was not cast in support of Obama or even the Democratic Party. It was firmly cast AGAINST the religious-right extremism of what the Republican Party represents today. Mitt Romney did not lose this election. The Republican Party lost this election. Characters like Akin and Mourdock have tainted the entire party. The party’s focus on overturning Roe v Wade; opposing gay marriage; and never, ever, under any circumstances raising taxes (particularly on the richest 1%) has left fiscally conservative, but socially liberal supporters with no where else to go. I would have gladly supported the Mitt Romney of the past. But the Romney-puppet of the party—I just couldn’t do it.

Ok I'll agree with alot (not all) of what windham voter said. Not every Republican is on far right. Some of us have been saying for sometime that if we don't become more inclusive wins will be few and far between.

The new keyword for butthurt GOP is "mandate", as in this win was not a mandate.
Had Romney won by a single EV they would take it as a 100% mandate. The mandate is that you are unable to unseat the incumbent in middle of an economic crisis, which despite the numbers is a huge loss that will likely mean a new direction for the GOP.

I know Jennifer Horn and she is not a political hack she is a patriot and loves this country. She is someone whom is very concerned as ALL Americans should be about the 16 trillion dollar debt we NOW carry & the 61 TRILLION Dollar unfunded liabilities we will be facing. Americans need to be told the TRUTH. May we all come together for the good of our country. Carolyn Strout Nashua

Atlant, Why has President Obama not withdrawn all our troops? Bin Laden was assassinated on foreign soil? No problem we all wanted him dead? Ends justify the means! In one state they voted for legalized drugs, almost assisted suicide and a person who locked up her records when she found out fraud could be proven.
The country is in a spin!!
Mike evryone loves this president more than me and that's all I care about.

Obama won because Children of Obama CAN'T vote against Santa Claus! Enjoy your goodies Children as the greatest nation the world has ever known is fundamentally changed! That said, I am convinced that: 1.Liberalism is a mental disorder. 2. You can't fix mental disorders. 3. Arguing with idiots makes you one. Good Bye!

You meant to say "Libertarianism", right?

Atlant: Can you please explain to all of us why we should welcome immigrants into this country at a time of 14.7 percent unemployment? Secondly, why shouldn't we focus on short term temporary immigration to meet our needs for educated specialists while we focus our energies on training natives for these jobs? Finally, why do you believe that a business owner should have the right to cheat his fellow Americans out of a market wage by hiring illegals? There is no shortage of workers in America willing to harvest crops--at a mutually agreed upon wage. I am willing to leave for Arizona tomorrow to do any work covered by our OSHA regulations for $50 per hour on an annual contractual basis. While this rate might not make an orange ranch a profit, is that my problem? Hiring illegals makes the wages of all of us decline. What's more, my kids will have to step aside to allow the kids of illegals to have Affirmative Action and diversity scholarships. How does any of this benefit the workers of NH? As someone who has to market my skills, I cannot see why I would want my job outsourced to India or have an Indian imported to do it. Have you made arrangements to step down where you work so that some immigrant may do it for less, and if not, why not? Shouldn't the losses you would deal out to the Amercan poor be first experienced by a liberal like you who fights to keep the border open?

Atlant:

As a liberal, I just assumed you would also want to increase legal and illegal immigration. This is the policy of your overlords. If you are against such immigration, good for you,

As far as my willingness to pick oranges for a wage I agree to, I am no different from the poor, pathetic millionaire landowner crying in the wilderness for decent workers at minimum wage. Neither of us has any right to the work or the pay of the other. However, the corrupt landowners merely need to hire an illegal in order to get their cheap labor. As a worker, I have no such power. Let us have an honest market in which legal laborers may be bid for by legal businesses.

Tammy - People that have come into this country without following the established procedures for entering the country are illegal immigrants, They broke the law....they're criminals. Illegal is illegal.

I'm sure that's true, Tammy. But that does not excuse them for breaking the law any more than the noble thought of providing Christmas gifts for your family excuses robbing a bank. It's our country, not theirs. We can make whatever laws we want regarding entry into the country. Nothing says we must or should change our procedures to accommodate the wishes of would-be criminals. I have absolutely no sympathy for illegal immigrants regardless of their motive for coming here and personally I feel each and every one of them should be deported and denied reentry.

Tell poor Mrs. Horn. The rescue of the American Auto industry was no small thing.
Tell poor Mrs., Horn. The stimulus and actions taken by the Obama Administration
to bring an economy in unimaginable freefall back from the brink is no small thing.
Tell poor Mrs., Horn getting Bin Laden is no small thing. Tell Mrs. Horn that 5.4 million
private sector jobs created is no small thing. Tell Mrs. Horn Statements like"
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God, and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended to happen." are not small things when they become common
place in GOP circles. Tell Mrs. Horn It is not a small thing that the American people saw through the barrage of Romney lies. The final desperate lie of Romney wildly
claiming that Jeep was moving to China backfired in Ohio and clinched that state for Obama. Tell Mrs. Horn that Benghazi is not the biggest scandal of our lifetime. Watergate. Iran Contra. Weapons of mass destruction. Illegal torture. Benghazi is not a scandal at all no matter how hard the far right is trying to manufacture one.
Mrs. Horn’s statements here are just as absurd as her election predictions.