Cenk Uygur
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Romney Campaign Genuinely Shocked at Loss
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November 9, 2012
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4:24Now Playing"Mitt Romney's campaign got its first hint something was wrong on the afternoon of Election Day, when state campaign workers on the ground began reporting huge turnout in areas favorable to President Obama: northeastern Ohio, northern Virginia, central Florida and Miami-Dade.
Then came the early exit polls that also were favorable to the president.
But it wasn't until the polls closed that concern turned into alarm. They expected North Carolina to be called early. It wasn't. They expected Pennsylvania to be up in the air all night; it went early for the President.
After Ohio went for Mr. Obama, it was over, but senior advisers say no one could process it.
"We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory," said one senior adviser. "I don't think there was one person who saw this coming."*
Cenk Uygur expresses his surprise that the Romney campaign was surprised they lost, in light of several signs (polls, election night numbers) that were readily available for quite some time.
*Read more from Jan Crawford/ CBS News:
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