Romney cheerleaders: Living in an alternate reality?

If you paid attention to conservative pundits and politicians leading up to the elections, it’s like they were living in a different reality. Polls meant nothing and there was simply no possibility the president could get re-elected.

But the results on Election Day served as a Rewrite to those pundits and politicians.

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On Friday’s special edition of The Last Word, msnbc’s Lawrence O’Donnell highlighted some of those who predicted a major Romney victory:

• Karl Rove: “I think Romney gets 279 to 281 or 286 in the Electoral College.”

• Newt Gingrich: “My personal guess is you are going to see a Romney landslide, 53% plus in the popular vote, 300 electoral votes plus. And we may come very close to capturing control of the Senate.”

• Rush Limbaugh: “You know, all of my thinking says Romney big…it’s not even close. Three hundred-plus Electoral Votes for Romney.”

• Glenn Beck: “321 votes!! That’d be great, which would be a mandate, giant giant spankin’ — that’s huge!”

• Dick Morris: “Romney will win in a landslide.”

• Gov. John Kasich: “Honestly think that Romney is going to carry Ohio.”

• Sen. Rob Portman: “Once this election’s over and I believe Mitt Romney is going to win Ohio and, therefore, I think he is likely to be our next president.”

• Dennis Miller: “I think Mitt Romney’s winning. I don’t believe the polls. I don’t believe the hacks. I think he’s in great shape.”