As a Party stalwart, you failed to nurture and support your base: Almost all the young People who were part of your strong 2007 team left your camp in subsequent primaries because you couldn't maintain a good Political relationship with them.
Anytime you lose primaries, you go to sleep and appear at the next primaries: Chief, this is not how we do Politics in Ghana.
When your mentor, the venerable President Kufuor placed 3rd in the 1992 primaries, he immediately embarked on a Nationwide thank you tour to interact with the rank and file of the Party and maintained a good relationship with them.
I bet even some of the young NPP guys nurturing Presidential ambitions can beat you in primaries because of how they relate with the grassroots of the Party.
It was no surprise when Hon Ken Agyapong used few months to beat you at the Super Delegates elections because he resonates with the grassroots through his philanthropic work and Party communications.