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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:33 PM Nov 2012

Romney's donors and bundlers are NOT in a happy place.

BOSTON — Advisers to Mitt Romney insisted Wednesday that they were surprised by the scale of their loss to President Barack Obama, while big-time GOP donors griped about the campaign’s unflinching confidence in the final stretch.

As results began to stream in Tuesday night, prominent Romney supporters in Boston tried to stay positive, reassuring themselves that there was still a path to the White House. But dejection quickly turned to anger a day after an Electoral College rout that shocked many who had heard self-assured projections about voter enthusiasm and turnout in private conference calls and meetings in the campaign’s final stretch.

“They ran a 20th century campaign in the 21st century,” said one Romney bundler, frustrated that the campaign made assumptions about the youth vote and voter intensity that didn’t pan out. “The anger is that they were entrusted to do certain things. It’s not like they were paid a $5,000 retainer to get a few dozen articles in an inside-the-Beltway paper. This is the major leagues.”

Another Republican outside the Romney campaign but privy to its thinking described the defeat as a complete pummeling, with Senate losses adding salt to the wound.



http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83549.html#ixzz2BbAaZWPU

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Romney's donors and bundlers are NOT in a happy place. (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2012 OP
I have the distinct feeling that heads will roll Generic Brad Nov 2012 #1
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #3
I wonder how worried KKKarl Rove is right now The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #5
didn't his "crossroads" PAC take in 100s of million$? 0rganism Nov 2012 #12
I'm with you. I just posted something similar on another thread. pacalo Nov 2012 #25
Hmmm... I wonder how many plane crashes we're going to see in the near future? n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #32
Vinnie 'spected a return on 'is investment! mindwalker_i Nov 2012 #21
romney's financial career is based on finding suckers lol nt msongs Nov 2012 #2
Ok I'll say what the bundler was trying to say Thrill Nov 2012 #4
Ok, I'll say what the bundler was trying to say Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #13
I guess they weren't savvy investors, and failed to do due dilligence... JHB Nov 2012 #6
These fucksticks live on another planet! Confirmed! Amonester Nov 2012 #7
They also lost 9 House seats, didn't they? And they're surprised Akin & Mourdock lost? nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #8
Yesterday afternoon, Hannity was talking to some idiot who,was insisting adigal Nov 2012 #9
Aw, poor little Pubbies..... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #10
God bless the Tea Party n/t Strelnikov_ Nov 2012 #11
Well, that had to be the most inept campaign I ever saw. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #14
"more than one career down the tubes"---let's hope one of them is Rove! wordpix Nov 2012 #20
I doubt he'll ever get $300 million to spend again. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #24
Grifters got grifted by Romney, Master Grifter! aletier_v Nov 2012 #15
Mitt Romney was one terrible investment! StlMo Nov 2012 #16
Maybe the fake polls at the end of the campaign were to help Romney steal money? Democat Nov 2012 #17
bizarre article. DLnyc Nov 2012 #18
while griping about paying more in taxes, Rs dump several hundred$ of $million$ in the toilet wordpix Nov 2012 #19
"“The anger is that they were entrusted to do certain things." wordpix Nov 2012 #22
That's right. They were entrusted Jack Sprat Nov 2012 #23
Their supporters were the last ones to believe their lies. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #26
Geez, it's all-out war in the Republican Party now... TTUBatfan2008 Nov 2012 #27
Where's a little risk management when you need it ? Trajan Nov 2012 #28
wait until we take back the house in 2014. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #29
I think where they made the mistake at was Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #30
Fuck them. They could have spent their money trying to help society, or paying their damned taxes. n bluestate10 Nov 2012 #31

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,721 posts)
5. I wonder how worried KKKarl Rove is right now
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:45 PM
Nov 2012

considering how absolutely shocked and horrified he looked last night when Faux called Ohio for Obama. Maybe he'd arranged it so the fix would be in but then Husted chickened out because of all the scrutiny. KKKarl took a lot of money for his pro-GOP superpac and the donors didn't get squat for all their millions. People have found themselves sleeping wit' da fishes for far lesser offenses.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
12. didn't his "crossroads" PAC take in 100s of million$?
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nov 2012

He may be in some serious shit right now, which could explain his freak-out on Fox last night.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
21. Vinnie 'spected a return on 'is investment!
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:01 AM
Nov 2012

"Karl, Karl, we had a deal! Now you can't deliver, why you put me in such a position, bro?"

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
4. Ok I'll say what the bundler was trying to say
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:44 PM
Nov 2012

They didn't there was any chance Black and Hispanic voters would come out and vote for Obama again. lol

Brother Buzz

(36,440 posts)
13. Ok, I'll say what the bundler was trying to say
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nov 2012

"When we buy an election we expect it to stay bought"

JHB

(37,160 posts)
6. I guess they weren't savvy investors, and failed to do due dilligence...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:45 PM
Nov 2012

...and lost a lot of money on a swindler who told them what they wanted to hear.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
7. These fucksticks live on another planet! Confirmed!
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:46 PM
Nov 2012
“It’s unbelievable that that they turned out more from the African-American community than in 2008. Somehow they got ‘em to vote.”


Duh. People having teens who grow up and are eligible to vote four years later, whatta concept.



Yeah. Their world is all white. So glad they got it handed to them. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
9. Yesterday afternoon, Hannity was talking to some idiot who,was insisting
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:49 PM
Nov 2012

That the republican turnout had been way underestimated in Ohio and Florida, and that there was going to be a shocking upset!! They got me very worried, but. Now I know now that they even lie to each other.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
14. Well, that had to be the most inept campaign I ever saw.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:15 AM
Nov 2012

Maybe they were hamstrung by an unlikeable candidate, maybe they were trapped from appealing tto moderates by a rigid extremist party base, and maybe this was a learning moment for them. But, who's going to give them a billion dollars for another shot? I think there's more than one career down the tubes in that debacle.

Democat

(11,617 posts)
17. Maybe the fake polls at the end of the campaign were to help Romney steal money?
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:42 AM
Nov 2012

Perhaps it had nothing to do with winning, but rather it was a way to keep the checks coming in so that they could take that money and run after the loss?

DLnyc

(2,479 posts)
18. bizarre article.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:53 AM
Nov 2012

Not one mention that maybe people don't like their stupid ideas!

" . . . paid a $5,000 retainer to get a few dozen articles in an inside-the-Beltway paper." So that's where these rabid articles in the WP come from?

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
19. while griping about paying more in taxes, Rs dump several hundred$ of $million$ in the toilet
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:56 AM
Nov 2012

all I can say is: ahahahahahah Way to go Dems!

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
22. "“The anger is that they were entrusted to do certain things."
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:04 AM
Nov 2012

Translation: "We didn't pay guys like Rove and Ed Gillespie million$ for nothing and we expected dirty tricks if needed."

 

Jack Sprat

(2,500 posts)
23. That's right. They were entrusted
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:09 AM
Nov 2012

to do more cheating. They did plenty, but the voter response overcame it.

TTUBatfan2008

(3,623 posts)
27. Geez, it's all-out war in the Republican Party now...
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:26 AM
Nov 2012

Obama, Axelrod, Plouffe, Clinton, and rapidly changing demographics in the country are their worst nightmare.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
28. Where's a little risk management when you need it ?
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:29 AM
Nov 2012

DAMN ... Laid him off .....

PLEASE make Rove and Armey suffer severe dislocation and want for their sins ....

Yeah - They can suffer with their millions ....

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
30. I think where they made the mistake at was
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:34 AM
Nov 2012

doing the ad blitz so late in the campaign. They could've started months earlier before Obama's team started going after Romney, when there were still plenty of undecided voters.

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