Pundits can decry when Romney "lost" the election, but the hard truth is the election was over on Feb 5, 2012 on the artificial turf of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. When Wes Welker couldn't pull in Tom Brady's pass and ice the game, the Giants got the ball back and scored the winning touchdown. NFC won the Superbowl.
Ever since the start of the Super Bowl, on the election years won by the AFC, the GOP has won the White House. Guess who lost the Super Bowl in 2008 when Obama won his first presidency? The New England Patriots blew it the first time to the NY Giants. Who won the Super Bowl when George W. Bush was reelected in 2004? New England Patriots over the Panthers. The Patriots alone have accounted for 3 straights election results.
The sad irony is that sitting in the Patriots owner's box watching the Patriots blew it again to the Giants was Mitt's good team owning buddy Robert Kraft and Rush Limbaugh.
Mitt doesn't need to blame Paul Ryan, his handlers, Clint Eastwood or any of the 1,000 other reasons Fox News Pundits have offered. The one person who let him down on his 10 year marathon to the presidency was Wes Welker. Mitt can't overcome the NFL Omen.
Wes Welker ought to be billed for all those unused victory balloons.