Big Mouth, Big Head

Republican shock jock Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that he accepts responsibility for Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 presidential election. “Just as I predicted, ladies and gentlemen,” he said. “This election was lost because of your host, Rush Limbaugh. I am the primary reason.”

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But, Paul Ryan has a little different take. 

Former Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says that his party lost the White House in 2012 because so many “urban” voters went to the polls, not because Americans rejected his Medicare and other budget policies.

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They lost because people voted, but not because people didn't like them. I guess people go out and vote for what they don't want these days.

Oh. He may have a point.

And on second reading, maybe he doesn't consider urban voters to be Americans.

Although exit polls showed that six in ten voters wanted tax rates to be raised, Ryan said he didn’t believe that was what Americans really voted for.

Whew. The denial. It's as big as Limbaugh's head.

“I don’t think we lost it on those budget issues, especially on Medicare,” the former nominee explained. “We clearly didn’t lose it on those issues. I think what people want us to do is tackle the country’s problems, and what I got out of this is they don’t want only Republican ideas or only Democratic ideas, they want us to come together for common ground and to work this out.”

What Paul Ryan got out of the election:  losing doesn't mean people don't want GOP policies. It means they want Democrats to compromise with them. 

Perceptive guy.  No nuance too slight to get past him.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.