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"There's a Sense That We Let Mitt Romney Down"

Georgia Boy 61 Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 12:07 AM

Re: "There's a Sense That We Let Mitt Romney Down" Mr. Benson, with all due respect, this is utter nonsense. The Republican Party establishment let its members and traditional conservatives and libertarians besides, by forcing Romney on us as the candidate - even when it was patently obvious a long time ago that he lacked the fire and grit to beat Obama, the dirty street thug from Chicago. Mr. Romney was/is a fine man and a proven business leader, but he was the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place. Romney himself may or may not have let us and the nation down by not stepping aside in favor of someone better-suited to beating Obama. Only he knows the answer to that question.

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"There's a Sense That We Let Mitt Romney Down"

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....

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