My gut feeling on the 2012 election is Romney was ahead in the REAL polls, so the Obama blackmailing started. The other feeling is Romney was in on it, for future purposes.
Romney’s campaign, was the first campaign to get my cheap ass to donate to a Pres. Contender in 30 years of voting( me ) I got a tee-shirt for my $25.0 donation. Since then, every organization assoc w/repubs has asked me for money since then. It’s a win-lose scenario. I got a t-shirt I can’t use and emails clog my inbox asking for donations