Posted on 09/17/2012 2:36:13 AM PDT by rawhide
Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney’s top strategist, knew his candidate’s convention speech needed a memorable mix of loft and grace if he was going to bound out of Tampa with an authentic chance to win the presidency. So Stevens, bypassing the speechwriting staff at the campaign’s Boston headquarters, assigned the sensitive task of drafting it to Peter Wehner, a veteran of the last three Republican White Houses and one of the party’s smarter wordsmiths.
Not a word Wehner wrote was ever spoken.
Stevens junked the entire thing, setting off a chaotic, eight-day scramble that would produce an hour of prime-time problems for Romney, including Clint Eastwood’s meandering monologue to an empty chair.
Romney’s convention stumbles have provoked weeks of public griping and internal sniping about not only Romney but also his mercurial campaign muse, Stevens. Viewed warily by conservatives, known for his impulsiveness and described by a colleague as a “tortured artist,” Stevens has become the leading staff scapegoat for a campaign that suddenly is behind in a race that had been expected to stay neck and neck through Nov. 6.
This article is based on accounts from Romney aides, advisers and friends, most of whom refused to speak on the record because they were recounting private discussions and offering direct criticism of the candidate and his staff, Stevens in particular.
Stevens, in a lengthy interview Sunday afternoon, defended the campaign’s performance, refused to discuss internal conversations and insisted Romney is doing far better than the pundits portray. “Like all campaigns, we have good days and bad days. I’m happy to take responsibility for the bad days,” he said. “This is a tremendously talented team.”
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They’re good at tailgate parties........
And yes, there is a story here.
:-)
thread parties hardly count. Besides, that was BQ’s fault.
:)
haaaaa (I just got it.:)
Vey slow.......
I have more stories about a certain subject that will thrill everyone:
Turnips. Stories about turnips.
:-)
and snakesssesss?
Run!
*Warning, thread hijack underway......*
LOL !!
Say....the DD thread’s long gone, isn’t it?!
Twas a pleasant interlude......Cept for Olga the TSA agent and part time Sumo wrestler..........she had it big time for the snakely one........
I don’t know anything about Olga the TSA Agent OR the Sumo wrestler.
Wow....BQ, you have a story to tell me????
do tell :)
You might make BQ blush.
Rumors, how they start.
:-)
” They’re good at tailgate parties........”
LOL!
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