Stu Stevens, Mitt Romney's senior strategist during the 2012 campaign, answered a few questions at a National Review Breakfast this morning. (Note to shamed GOP hacks: there is at least one place in DC where you can still get a free breakfast.) Reporters were mostly curious as to whether Stu had any insights into his staggering defeat last November.
From The Huffington Post:
He (Stevens) talked at length about President Barack Obama's money advantage: "Obama raised $1.2 billion. So you think about it, the next incumbent president will raise, what, $2 billion?" Stevens said. He argued the next incumbent candidate will "face a challenger ... who will probably come out of the [primary] process broke."
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Waaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Thanks to Citizens United, Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers, Stu could raise $1.2 billion with two phone calls.
More from the article:
Stevens talked about how Jen O'Malley-Dillon, a deputy campaign manager for Obama, spent years setting up the president's voter outreach and grassroots mobilization efforts. "These are just monumental advantages that they have," he said.
Awwww, too bad you trusted con men to set up your voter database computer system. That's not fair either!
And one last bit:
"We didn't have Air Force One. We didn't have the White House. You know, they had 800 people in Florida."
I could just cry! President Obama had 800 people in Florida!
UPDATE:
From the comments, jec has found more stunning Stu brilliance from Wednesday's breakfast of champions:
Stu Stevens, genius advisor from Romney (1+ / 0-)
campaign claims that Hillary can't win primary.
Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary
WASHINGTON — The top advisor to last year’s Republican nominee predicted Wednesday that if Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016, she will lose in a Democratic primary.
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Asked what Democratic candidate might beat her, Stevens tossed out just one name: John Hickenlooper, the moderate governor of Colorado who is thought to be considering a bid, despite having little to no name recognition at the national level.
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