first karl rove, he thought the drawnout primary process and the debates worked against mitt romney in the general election or in his words from a speech in pennsylvania, mitt romney had what i scientifically call a butt ugly primary. good for you, karl. the election didn t exactly end well for reeve either having to haen to all the people who donated to his super pack in the hopes of a romney victory. then glen bulger who gave this blunt diagnosis for the loss at the republican governor s association conference yesterday. what we need to do one is we need to convert and get more republicans because if we re going to win independence and get republicans and still lose an election, it s because there s too many damn democrats out there. toot many, quote, damn democrats, that s one way of summing the arithmetic. david letterman also weighed in with some potential scapegoats on his top ten list.