Wow, it seems like a lot of conservatives are almost openly admitting defeat over the past couple of days. Great! People tell me I can be too pessimistic, but even I am starting to believe what these people are saying -- Romney is losing.

I enjoyed finding these quotes one by one this evening, and I thought I'd compile them here and see how many I could get. All are from GOP conservatives who sense a looming Romney disaster.

Enjoy!

The stench of Romney:



“I hate to say this, but if (Paul) Ryan wants to run for national office again, he’ll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.”

- Craig Robinson, former political director, Republican Party of Iowa, quoted in the NY Times on 9/23/12

Romney is "the least popular candidate in history... He's never gonna win a popularity contest."

- David Brooks, NY Times columnist, on Meet the Press, 9/23/12

"If this election is just about the last four years, that's a muddy verdict. Bush was president during the financial meltdown. The Obama team has turned that around pretty well... They (Romney's campaign) need to focus on the next four years."

- Bill Kristol (of all people), editor, Weekly Standard; conservative pundit/advisor, on Fox News Sunday, 9/23/12

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