Romney returns to his roots

[TomFitz]

Most political campaigns end with a gathering of close supporters and the general public at campaign headquarters where one and all await the results, toast the victories or mourn the failures.

Not Mitt.

Tonight, Mitt Romeny remembers the people he really cares about.

His big money donors.

He's staging a series of events for high roller campaign contributors, interest groups like hte American Petroleum Institute and bundlers (maybe we'll finally get to know who THEY are!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83397.html

 

[GordonGecko]

That's not the move of somebody who thinks he's going to win.....too much fodder for Dems to point to him and claim "croney capitalism" if he was elected President.

That's a move of a guy who thinks he'll be a "king-maker" for the NEXT Republican Nominee in 2016....i.e. gathering up big bundlers for Chris Christie or Paul Ryan and "annointing" them as his "successor". In other words, a guy who thinks he's going to lose...but doesn't want to go down in the history books (or at Republican cocktail parties) AS a "loser".

 

[NightSwimmer]

I suspect that he'll be in for a surprise. His donors aren't going to have any interest in Mitt Romney the loser.

 

[Bo-4]

I'm kind of thinking that we already know who they are!

Some of Romney’s biggest supporters, including New York Jets owner Woody Johnson; Texan mega donors L.E. Simmons and Ray Washburn; Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute; Bobbie Kilberg, head of the Northern Virginia Technology Council; among others are expected to attend. Nevada gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson may also make an appearance, according to the source.

 

[fairsheet]

This whole angle is funny, because it suggests that Mitt might have some sort of alternative. He could hang with his rich peeps, or he could hang with his regular-Joe peeps. Mitt's "problem" though, is that he HAS no regular-Joe peeps.

But...it might not be a smart move for him to be showing up in front of his backers, post his loss. He and Ann maybe oughta think about just sneaking out of Dodge (no pun).