4/15/15, "Former Romney finance director courting challenger to (Republican) Sen. Mike Lee," ksl.com, L. Roche. 10/31/2013, Jon Huntsman's daughter Abby "noted that former Romney campaign finance chair Spencer Zwick is prepared to “work against” (Utah Republican Senator Mike) Lee."...12/22/2012, "“He (Romney) wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to...run,” said Tagg (Romney's son)....“If he could have found someone else to take his place...he would have been ecstatic to step aside.""...Boston Globe
11/15/15, "Speaker Ryan Nabs Romney Fundraiser," Bloomberg, Mark Halperin
"Spencer Zwick, one of the most prolific fundraisers in the history of American politics, will head up the finance efforts of the new Republican Speaker of the House, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, according to two Republicans familiar with Ryan’s planning.
Zwick, who was the leader of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's money operation, will assume the title of National Finance Chairman of the various fundraising entities associated with Ryan. Zwick and Ryan worked closely together in 2012, when Ryan joined Romney's ticket as his running mate, and developed a close personal and professional relationship.
One of Ryan's concerns when he was being urged to run for speaker several weeks ago to replace John Boehner was the burdens of fundraising. Ryan, who has school-aged children and is determined to preserve his weekends at home in Janesville, Wisconsin, spending time with his family and his constituents, was unwilling to assume the road warrior schedule of courting donors and appearing at fundraising events that both Boehner and his Democratic predecessor as speaker, Nancy Pelosi, made central to the job.
Matt Waldrip, a long-time aide to Zwick and Romney, will also sign on as a senior advisor. The fundraising entities that Zwick will helm are collectively referred to as “Team Ryan” by those close to the new speaker. Team Ryan is a joint fundraising committee consisting of Ryan’s own campaign committee, his leadership PAC (called Prosperity Action), and the National Republican Congressional Committee, the main fundraising vehicle supporting House Republican candidates and incumbents. The two major goals of the enterprise will be to promote Ryan’s agenda as speaker and preserve the party’s current House majority.
Zwick will not have a formal role at the NRCC, but will help out as Ryan’s efforts intersect with the groups.
Even as Zwick takes on a major role with Ryan, he will continue his fundraising work with the group America Rising, a research and communications group focused on helping Republican candidates up and down the ballot in 2016, with a special emphasis on defeating the expected Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. Zwick will also continue in his day job as co-founder and managing partner at Solamere Capital, a strategic investment firm, where he works with Romney's son Tagg.
Although Ryan has downplayed any prospect of running for president down the road, after passing on the 2016 race, his deepening ties to Zwick could give him a fundraising foundation should he decide to eventually run. Both men are young enough to stay involved in national politics for several more decades.
In a statement prepared for release on Monday announcing the move, Ryan is quoted as saying, “I’m honored that Spencer is willing to help me setup a finance network that puts House Republicans in a position to defend and expand our majority. His track record of developing successful political operations speaks for itself…”"
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10/31/13, “MSNBC’s Abby Huntsman Advises Josh Romney to Challenge Utah’s Mike Lee in Primary… From the Left,” Mediaite, Noah Rothman
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Spencer Zwick praised Jeb Bush on conference call with donors in Feb. 2015, says GOP should follow Bush lead on immigration:
2/27/15, "Sessions Vs. Jeb: Battle For The Soul Of The GOP," Breitbart, Matthew Boyle, National Harbor, Md.
"Sessions cited a Washington Times article saying Mitt Romney’s former top fundraising aide Spencer Zwick, “praised Jeb Bush’s stance on immigration, saying the party should follow his lead if the party hopes to win back the White House.”
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“If someone wants to be serious about running for president, they need to be in a similar place [to Bush],” Zwick said on a conference call with GOP donors organized by Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist—a key figure at CPAC since he is a board member of the American Conservative Union (ACU)."...
"Spencer Zwick, the national finance chair for then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, praised former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on immigration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) more " Washington Times, 2/17/15
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12/22/2012, “The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama," Boston Globe, Michael Kranish
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"“He wanted to be
president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to...run,” said Tagg (Romney's son), who worked with his mother, Ann, to persuade his
father to seek the presidency. “If he could have found someone else to
take his place...he would have been ecstatic to step aside.""...
(Comment: Romney ran a con game for the GOP E. His son admits it without fear of repercussion. The country means nothing to them. Romney should spend the rest of his life in jail.)
(Comment: Romney ran a con game for the GOP E. His son admits it without fear of repercussion. The country means nothing to them. Romney should spend the rest of his life in jail.)
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329,000 fewer whites voted in Ohio in 2012 than in 2008 per calculations of Romney pollster Neil Newhouse.
It's a shame Romney got a single vote.
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