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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT: Romney aide: Mitt is 'weird'
Aides searching for signs of distress from Mr. Romney find them difficult to discern, to their amazement and their puzzlement. Weird detachment, was how one of them described it.
Tom Rath, a Romney adviser, summarized the candidates reactions to losses: Theres not a lot of recrimination, but obviously he feels things.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/us/politics/romney-takes-analytic-approach-to-campaign-setbacks.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
Enrique
(27,461 posts)all the best presidents are weirdly detached.
aquart
(69,014 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Saint Rick makes Romney look like a "wild and crazy guy".
snooper2
(30,151 posts)probably thinks it's a good time to play "stiff as a board, light as a feather"
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Go figure.
unblock
(52,503 posts)the guys who manage ginormous portfolios, whether it's stocks, bonds, commodities, companies, whatever, rely on diversification over a sizable number of positions and also over a decent period of time in order to see the profit in their decisions.
they have to be sanguine about losses because you can't play that game properly without having a few big losses, but you have to trust that the wins will outweigh the losses over the long haul. you'll go nuts berating yourself over every loss. in fact, the argument goes, if you don't have a few spectacular losses, you're not being aggressive enough.
which is one thing when you're gambling with your own money, but it's another thing when you're gambling with other peoples' money, and still another thing if you're gambling with otherwise viable businesses where your failures may mean the loss of many jobs and a competitor in the market.
i find this characterization of rmoney totally consistent with his previous business endeavors.