2012 election proves Independent voters no longer decide elections. Therefore no further need for GOP crony consultants since their entire pitch was they'd tell you how to get Independent voters

Goodbye Steve Schmidt.

12/20/12, "The disappearing independent," Politico, Lois Romano

"As Republicans sift through the wreckage of the presidential election and Democrats brace for the 2014 midterms, there is one clear point of agreement between them: Independent voters no longer decide elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney became the first presidential candidate in recent history to decisively win the independent vote — yet just as decisively lose the election. Pollsters and campaign strategists — particularly Republicans — are scrambling to understand what happened — and more important, what it means for future campaign strategies."...via Lucianne


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