Many of you will be struggling to understand the real reasons why Your Guys Lost.

Here is my offer for supporters of Mitt Romney and the GOP, made in all sincerity in the spirit of learning and communication. I will spend a minimum of two in-person hours with any GOP supporter who lives locally to me, at a date and time of our choosing, to provide my perspective on why the GOP lost the Presidential election and also did poorly in other areas of the electoral landscape (since the GOP also appears to be on the wrong end of a caning in the US Senate races, based on results thus far).

Conditions as follows:

1. We meet in convivial surroundings with access to food, alcohol and the internet. If we are going to discuss a painful subject, we should do it in style. We will split the cost of food and refreshments.
2. I will initially control the conversation, you will listen. Remember, Your Guys Lost. You will learn nothing if all you do is try to take over the conversation and explain to me (in whatever level of detail) why you think Your Guys Lost. Those explanations are highly likely to be incorrect, especially since you presumably thought that your side was going to win all along.
3. Any discussions or disputes over facts will be resolved, if necessary, by reference to web sites not belonging to the GOP or any interest group that predicted or funded and propagandized a Mitt Romney and GOP victory. Those kinds of sites have no credbility right now, for obvious reasons.
4. Remember that I am analyzing the election campaign from the position of an Independent who leans libertarian (with a small L). I am not a Democratic partisan.
5. I will ignore any and all complaints or objections from you along the lines of "you are being patronizing/elitist/arrogant/condescending". Those are objections based on perceived tone, not substance or content, and as such they are close to worthless.
6. Any discussion where you end up claiming that voters are stupid, "moochers" etc. will lead me to terminate the meeting. You don't get a free pass to insult a large percentage of the voters simply because Your Guys Lost. There is a collection of compelling reasons why they lost, and you need to understand the viewpoints of non-supporters and process them.