Mitt Romney's top campaign aides conducted a conference call with conservative journalists this afternoon, during which they assessed the damage from Tuesday's electoral loss. The participants included campaign manager Matt Rhoades, political director Rich Beeson, polling director Neil Newhouse and digital director Zac Moffatt. A few notes from the call:
Matt Rhoades, on the overall race: "No campaign is perfect, and we certainly made our share of mistakes." On Paul Ryan: "He has come away from this race with a very bright future before him."
Rich Beeson, on the campaign's strategy: "We won independents and held the base....












Take & hold the rural areas.
Infiltrate & reason with the innercity dwellers.
This is the road to rebuilding this Country. We didn't get to where were are in one day, one year, or one election cycle. We won't get out of this mire in one day, one year, or one election cycle