CNN CNN Newsroom March 4, 2013 14:36:00
Look, this looks like we've lost. wasn't certain. some people said, oh, look, if this number here comes in, you could win. by 8:00 or 9:00, it was pretty clear that we were not going to win. >> romney, was he blinded by optimism or just in the dark to believe that he could win on election night? will? >> i don't know. is he talking about election night there? some people coming in at 8:00 or 9:00. he might have been listening to karl rove, who held out until the very last moment. whether he was blinded by optimism or the dark, he didn't see. a lot of people didn't see the electorate had change...