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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Observercast

Mitt Romney’s Sneering Farewell To The ‘47%’

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BY JOE CONASON Trying to explain away his decisive, sweeping and very expensive rout to his disappointed supporters – those 1% Republicans – Mitt Romney offered a new version of the discredited “47%” argument that was so ruinous in its original form. In a Wednesday afternoon conference call, the defeated Republican nominee told donors and […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.