Sore Winners, Smoothly Making The Transition To Being Sore Losers

from NPR's Morning Edition

A week after the GOP's worst electoral loss in decades, Republican governors are gathering in Miami this week for some serious soul-searching …

In a presentation to the governors, Republican consultant and pollster Frank Luntz laid out some stark facts. John McCain won just 32 percent of the youth vote — the lowest margin in history, according to Luntz. Young people increasingly communicate and get their information over the internet. The Obama campaign understood that and compiled a list of 10 million names and e-mail addresses.

"It makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America," Luntz said of the president-elect. "And 3 million of those people have donated to the campaign. We've never had that situation, where so many people are so active and so engaged, and they can be reached by the stroke of a key."

Just in case the election results left you with the delusion that the American people had spoken.