The weakness that our campaign and that I had is we weren't effective in taking my message primarily to minority voters.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.
I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.
We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
I think Democrats are always challenged to have a unified message, and it's in part because our strength is our diversity as a party, but our weakness is also the fact that because we're so diverse, we have a hard time getting on one page on message.
There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take.
It is clear from the reaction to our campaign so far that our message is resonating. I look forward to continuing to take this message to all Americans, and showing them that I can be as successful running the country as I was running the state of New Mexico.
I said after 2006 that Republicans didn't just lose our majority, we lost our way. I mean, our party walked away from the principles that men in our national governing majority first in 1980 and again in 1994, and the American people walked away from us.
I know what motivated you was not just a political campaign. It was your love of our country.
Our profile was pretty low, deliberately so. Our constituents were a relatively small audience.
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