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Hes now offering an explanation for his defeat on a conference call with top donors, portions of which were were put online. the presidents campaign focused on certain members of the base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts for the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> so the campaign is offering this statement. governor romney was simply elaborating on what obama senior strategist axelrod said about the effort to target key demographics, namel...

300 plus for romney. >> 300 electoral votes. >> they were fleeced, exploited and lied to. >> mythology. >> conservative entertainment complex. >> feeding to mythology. >> they think of wombs and wackos. >> wackos, weirdos, and witches. >> have you grover norquist. >> mr. anti tax himself. grover norquist. >> the president elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> poopy head. >> he actually said that. >> grover norquist or grover from "sesame street?" >> the fiscal cl...

Where they dont win when 16% of the election for ate is over age 65. >> what about the argument you will hear, which is romney was not a consistent conservative. had he been a consistent conservative throughout his political career and had had not flip-flopped to conservatism recently, we would have run our test with a solid conservative candidate, and you cant make the argument against conservative republicanism if romney was the standard bearer of that, because he was such a false standard bea...

20-year-olds? if somebody in 1980 said i should be republican because tom dewey is a hell of a guy, i would barely know who tom dewey was. we are separated today from ronald reagan as i was from tom dewey. there is so much about republicanism and conservative that is compelling and that is appealing to people of all kinds of ethnicities, men and women, sexual orientations of every variety. americans are entrepreneurial, workers, savers, and want the message, but dont want to be told that they be...

Like limbaugh not to win elections. rush limbaugh did not need mitt romney to win to have influence, clout, and make money. in fact, he might have more influence, more clout, and make more money if mitt romney loses. and hes feeding talking points for the base. and there is a beautiful built-in excuse for a guy like limbaugh. run an election like there and romney can lose, and it can be that romney isnt conservative enough. or look at one like christine odonnell in 2010, where they nominated the...

Incentives for opinion shapers like limbaugh not to win elections. rush limbaugh did not need mitt romney to win to have influence, clout, and make money. in fact, he might have more influence, more clout, and make more money if mitt romney loses. and hes feeding talking points for the base. and there is a beautiful built-in excuse for a guy like limbaugh. run an election like there and romney can lose, and it can be that romney isnt conservative enough. or look at one like christine odonnell in...

Norquist believes there is exactly one person to blame for the republican defeat and it is not rush limbaugh. >> we just had an election, and the house of representatives was committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed -- elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney, and he won by two points, but he didnt make the case that we should have higher taxes and higher spending. >> joining me now, one of the generals in the republ...

To keep trying. >> romney lost by two points. you spent decades at "new york times" which is most powerful news single entity. how do you see the political coverage of the "new york times"? >> i think there is no doubt most of reporters at the "new york times" lean democratic. there were reporters when george bush that were republican but the same reporters. i dont think you win because the "new york times" endorses you or doesnt endorse you. i think its irrelevant. people arent reading it as th...

Committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed, elected on the basis that he was not romney and that romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney. and he won by two points. but he didnt make the case that we should have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> im not sure whether that was grover norquist or grover from "sesame street," when were talking about -- >> ahh, poopy head. look, grover represents a very specific view within th...

Ebook, "why romney lost and what the gop can do about it." so is it all lessons learned and now were going to compromise and were going to expand and reach out to hispanics and women and not talk about rape and done deal? rape and done deal? >> the social issues are not the primary problem. the primary problem is an economic message that does not resonate with the middle class. back in the 1980s the tax burden on ordinary middle class people doubled in the 1970s. in 1980 if you said you would cu...