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GOP Adviser Describes "Shellshocked" Romney

Michael Juliani |
November 8, 2012 | 8:39 p.m. PST

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Romney kept faith until losing Ohio, then went pale.  (Flickr Creative Commons)
Romney kept faith until losing Ohio, then went pale. (Flickr Creative Commons)

One of Mitt Romney's advisers told CBS News that the Republican presidential nominee was "shellshocked" when he lost the election.  The adviser described the dour scene around Romney headquarters when the Republicans realized they'd been outdone by Barack Obama.

Both Romney's wife Ann and Paul Ryan's wife cried, and both men seemed genuinely shocked to have lost the 2012 race, even after many predictions indicated that the "this race is too close to call" narrative was bunk.

Read the whole thing at CBS News.

 

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