the end of his presidency? good morning from port aransas, texas. it s monday, march 18th, 2013. this is the daily rundown. now here s chuck todd! big thank you to maddie and noah salazar. on spring break at port aransas, texas. first reads of the morning. by the way, see the beach when it s sleeting behind me is kind of a nice little picture there. right now republican party chairman reince priebus is unveiling his own autopsy of what went wrong in 2012. while the report blames the process more than gop prince ips or policy position it also admits more problems than you might expect. there s no one reason we lost. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren t inclusive. we were behind in both data and
revelation of their own autopsy on what went badly wrong in 2012. this morning, it fell to rnc chair, reince priebus to give his party an uncompromising look in the rearview mirror. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren t inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital. and our primary and debate process needed improvement. yes, mr. priebus presided over the party for all of that and he remains in charge for the release of the savage and scolding document, the growth and opportunity project. gop. get it? a blistering report based on 52,000 voter contacts. and the respondents apparently didn t mince their words. focus groups described our party as narrow minded. out of touch. and, quote, stuffy old men. by the way, it s reince
no, i think what you do is do that to make the older white voter feel better about being a republican. right. we re not racist, not anti-latino, we re not anti-gay. you don t encourage actually anyone affected anyway, the chairman of the party, reince priebus, what republicans are calling the growth and opportunity project. focus groups describe the republican party as narrow minded, out of touch, stuffy old men and the party of the rich. take a look at priebus earlier today. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren t inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital. and our primary and debate process needed improvement. so there s no one solution. there s a long list of them. governor, if you were in a choosing side situation, would you ever pick him for your team? renice priebus. i can see three guys playing basketball with three other guys.
the republican party is finished anyway. you have marco rubio engaged in a 50 state butt covering. republican party establishment and social conservatives are girding for a battle. they feel they re not being respected. tea party folks. not a civil war but culture war. did autopsies. gop autopsies. post mortems. our message was weak. we weren t inclusive. what happens after the extreme makeover? my father had a ranch, hired 50 to 60 wetbacks. if they re thinking of standing in the way, the tsunami could knock them over. if that happens, it won t matter anyway, the republican party is finished anyway. we are in the third week of the republican party struggle to rebrand itself, and that effort continues to get derailed by crazy republican congressmen, the very same group that kept delivering harmful messages in the last presidential campaign, which mitt romney was always
you ve got the whack oh factor at work. it was a side show. oh, my goodness, yes! conservatism is the only thing republicans have going for them. today, 132 days since the election of 2012, the chairman of the republican party has finally figured out exactly what happened. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren t inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital. and our primary and debate process needed improvement. focus groups described our party as narrow-minded, out of touch, and, quote, stuffy old men. the perception that we re the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow.