former gop standard bearer is now detached and in sec collusi seclusion. there s no aide to make his peanut butter and honey sandwiches. romney has told friends he has little interest in helping the republican party rebuild and rebrand itself. for more let s bring in goalldi taylor and karen finney. romney was plan a for winning the fiscal cliff. do they not have a viable plan b ? we have had this counteroffer today but it doesn t seem to go anywhere. i saw a couple reports about how ann romney specifically is taking this loss. you know, no candidate ever plans to lose. you know, we don t plan to pack up and go home. we plan to head to congress. you plan to head to the city council. we plan to head to the white house. so they really did not have a plan b. as for the gop, well, neither