Was Romney ever perceived as having a chance?

[BobbieMac]

My recollection is that most conservative pundits and commentators truly thought he was going to win (even though it would be close) right up to election day.

There was a ton of mockery of Nate Silver/538 on right-leaning twitter and blogs and widespread belief that the polls were systematically skewed against Romney and were modeling the electorate incorrectly.

This is all I remember now, various unskewing of polls to prove Romney was coasting home to victory.