I think the American people are very sympathetic to free market arguments (and people don't follow their strict, immediate economic interests in voting, which has been shown a million times over, so fuck you sideways, Romney,) but this generation has moved passed the old guard when it comes to social issues.
Basically, lots of people are staying home, or not voting, or voting Obama because they can't stomach Republicans' backwards stance on abortion, gay marriage, drugs, etc.
My full expectation is that the GOP will move to the left economically and declare that the real problem was that Romney didn't talk about legitimate rape enough.
Originally Posted by Mick-Boy
I really think this is a huge issue for the GOP when it comes to attracting independents. They need to stop trying to legislate morality.