What You Didn't Know About Election 2012  Posted: Thu,
12/06/2012 - 7:00pm    This didn't change the outcome, but it
certainly shifted the post-election narrative -- at least for
political junkies and historians who watch these things closely.
The shifting numbers showed that the story never really ends.
Every four years, Harvard’s Institute of Politics gives campaign
operatives and reporters about a month to cool down, then
invites everyone to Cambridge to rehash the campaign.  In many
instances, these politicos have competed across party lines
without ever having met in person. The sessions are largely free
of rancor, and the professionals in the room seem mostly curious
about one another.  In this environment, Obama adviser David
Axelrod could joke that the president’s campaign manager Jim
Messina had conveniently left the room when the subject turned
to first disastrous debate performance.  And in this room,
Romney adviser Beth Myers could share that the Republican
nominee took part in a whopping 16 deb