kerry still was in the senate so there s still players in washington. you re looking at mitt romney, he didn t carry new hampshire, massachusetts, or california, his home states. there is no such thing as a romney republican anymore. they re a dwindling tribe. he doesn t have any power. he s coming today, obama looked good because he was showing a reaching out, the winner sticking out his hand and shows a spirit ofsh bipartisanship he trying to create through the gridlock. matt, are they still stunned? i watch this from 7:00 in the morning until i go to bed at midnight. i thought the election was much more pro-obama in the results than i expect. won a strong victory, a solid manda mandate. are they stunned by that? yeah, in some respects they are and trying to grapple with what happened and how their expectations got so high and how they felt stu stevens right now think tonight we re trying to figure that out. are they still going to the tea leaves? what happened here? there
126 electoral votes, even though his candidate lost his home state, even though his candidate s running mate lost his home state. even though the party lost seats in the house and senate at the same time they were losing the white house, mr. romney s chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i m sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he s saying are the folks on the political right. and they re paying attention because they are not happy. quote, if stu stevens private advice for romney is as delusional as this op-ed, no wonder he lost. or this one. oh, for f-sake, my brain is burning with fire. that s the reaction for this year s republican presidential campaign chief s
the romney campaign s chief strategist is being whatever the political equivalent is of being set upon by wolves. for opining in the washington post this week that even though he ran a campaign that lost by 126 electoral votes, even though his candidate lost his home state, even though his candidate s running mate lost his home state. even though the party lost seats in the house and senate at the same time they were losing the white house, mr. romney s chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i m sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he s saying are the folks on the political right. and they re paying attention because they are not happy. quote, if stu stevens priv
and as we said last night, a party that lost overwhelmingly among women, latinos, and african-americans will have house chairmen that all look like those guys. now, the chief strategist of romney s campaign, stu stevens, is describing why he lost. he wrote in the washington post today, quote, there was a time not so long ago when the problems of the democratic party revolved around being too liberal and too dependent on minorities. obama turned those problems into advantages and rode that strategy to victory. but he was a charismatic african-american president with a billion dollars, no primary, and media that often felt morally conflicted about being critical. how easy is that to replicate? in other words, the election was an anomaly giving republicans little reason to worry in the future. this morning stevens said mitt romney s ideas were right on, as he puts it. he s getting cool, he s right on in his talking. let s listen. i think that the ideas carried the day for us and that
welcome back to hardball. it appears republicans have learned few, if any, lessons from the election they just had. and as we said last night, a party that lost overwhelmingly among women, latinos, and african-americans will have house chairmen that all look like those guys. now, the chief strategist of romney s campaign, stu stevens, is describing why he lost. he wrote in the washington post today, quote, there was a time not so long ago when the problems of the democratic party revolved around being too liberal and too dependent on minorities. obama turned those problems into advantages and rode that strategy to victory. but he was a charismatic african-american president with a billion dollars, no primary, and media that often felt morally conflicted about being critical. how easy is that to replicate? in other words, the election was an anomaly giving republicans little reason to worry in the future. this morning stevens said mitt romney s ideas were right on, as he puts it. he