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Monday, November 12, 2012

Mitt Romney was 'shellshocked' after defeat...[ 2989 ]

Expecting a win, Mitt Romney was 'shellshocked' after defeat

'There's nothing worse than when you think you're going to win, and you don't,' a Romney adviser told CBS News. 'It was like a sucker punch.'


By / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS










"We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory," a Romney adviser told CBS News. "I don't think there was one person who saw this coming."

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"We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory," a Romney adviser told CBS News. "I don't think there was one person who saw this coming."


Mitt Romney went into Election Night expecting a victory and was “shellshocked” when he finally realized he had lost, CBS News reported.
Despite early signs of a stronger-than-expected turnout for President Obama, it wasn’t until the crucial state of Ohio was called for the president that Romney began to face the likelihood of defeat.
Even then, he and his team had trouble processing the news, senior advisers told CBS News.
"We went into the evening confident we had a good path to victory," one adviser said. "I don't think there was one person who saw this coming."
 
PHOTOS: ELECTION NIGHT 2012
So Romney’s campaign aides continued to wait and hold out hope that the Ohio call was wrong – as Karl Rove was arguing on Fox News.
But once Colorado and Florida were also called for Obama, Romney knew it was over.
That’s when his personal assistant, Garrett Jackson, called Obama aide Marvin Nicholson.
"Is your boss available?" Jackson asked Nicholson.
Romney’s running-mate Paul Ryan also seemed shocked by the loss, CBS said. Ann Romney cried, as did Paul Ryan’s wife Janna.
"There's nothing worse than when you think you're going to win, and you don't," another adviser told CBS. "It was like a sucker punch."
Shortly after the call, Romney stepped on stage to give the concession speech he thought he wouldn’t need.
"He was shellshocked," one adviser said of Romney.
klee@nydailynews.com
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