Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

“The Worst Candidate in History”

Posted on December 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Tea Party Nation finally tells us what they really think — that Mitt Romney was the “worst candidate in history.” Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips on Thursday disputed that President Obama claimed a mandate in November’s election, arguing that … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Responsiblity

Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

This is one part hilarious and one part depressing. According to Buzzfeed, the media is now fighting what’s left of the Romney campaign because the campaign has reportedly grossly over-billed organizations for the campaign’s own mismanagement. For example, on Oct. … Continue reading →

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GOP Strategist Admits to Republican Voter Suppression

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Bob Cesca

Confirming what we already knew, here’s Republican consultant Scott Tranter (warning — link contains auto-play video): “A lot of us are campaign officials — or campaign professionals — and we want to do everything we can to help our side. … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Reason Why Romney Lost

Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:49 pm by Bob Cesca

Romney’s chief campaign strategist Stuart Stevens is still acting like an idiot. Here he blames Hurricane Sandy for losing the election: “After the storm, I never had a good feeling. Not that the storm impacted things so much, per se, … Continue reading →

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Winning More Latinos Wouldn’t Have Helped Romney

Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:37 pm by Bob Cesca

One of Romney’s former top staffers said the campaign shouldn’t have been as tough on immigration so as to pick up more Latino voters. It wouldn’t have helped. So far, Obama leads the popular vote by 3.6 points, 50.9 percent … Continue reading →

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Wish Lists

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the SEC charged the Chinese affiliates of Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO and Ernst & Young with securities violations today. Also — Mitt Romney has rejoined the board of directors of Marriott International for … Continue reading →

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A Power Lunch

Posted on December 2, 2012 at 2:21 pm by Mr. Brink

When Mitt Romney met with President Obama last Thursday, I couldn’t help but wonder what they could possibly talk about. After all, they have nothing in common, really. Mitt Romney is busy overseeing the construction of his La Jolla beach house’s … Continue reading →

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Stuart Stevens: We Carried The Day By Losing

Posted on November 28, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

Here’s an impressively obtuse op-ed column from the chief strategist of Mitt Romney’s failed presidential campaign. Emphasis on failed. My favorite parts: When much of what passes for a political intelligentsia these days predicted that the selection of Rep. Paul … Continue reading →

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Lesson for Republicans: Don’t Screw with Jimmy Carter.

Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:24 am by Bob Cesca

How did I miss this story? I had no idea that Jimmy Carter’s grandson was the person who discovered the video Mitt Romney’s 47-percent remarks and negotiated a deal to deliver the video to David Corn. Jimmy Carter’s grandson was … Continue reading →

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Former Romney Adviser Dan Senor Still Delusional

Posted on November 21, 2012 at 4:34 pm by Bob Cesca

Dan Senor, one of Romney’s neocon foreign policy advisers, thinks there’s a “systemic” crisis with presidential polls. You know, because two or three of them were wrong. There’s “some kind of systemic crisis today in the world of polling,” Senor … Continue reading →

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