The other day I wrote about RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' call for a "full autopsy" of the Republican failure this last election. Well, it looks like we're in luck, because it appears an Autopsy Tour 2012™ has indeed been scheduled, and will commence this coming Monday:
Jets owner and Mitt Romney mega-bundler Woody Johnson is hosting a lunch meeting with dozens of New York-area bundlers and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Monday
I'd like to know how I can get tickets, because this is going to be fun:
The meeting, in Midtown Manhattan, will feature potentially more than 100 donors, and is part of the move that Priebus, who is running for a second term, described to Senators a few weeks ago (as reported by my Hill colleagues) to do an autopsy on the losses.
Hold on a second...What
appears at first glance to be the start of
Autopsy Tour 2012™ is actually an
Epic Ass-Chewing Session in disguise:
Two donors described it as a "vent session," suggesting bundlers will not only ask what went wrong but tell Priebus, who indicated a few days after the election that he was leanng toward running again, what they think the problems were.
I hope he packs a few extra pairs of underwear, because there's more than one show booked:
It's one of a few sessions that Priebus is likely to hold with donors in various, donor-heavy regions, like California, sources said.
If you read the closing of my previous diary on the subject, where I said...
Mr. Priebus, Daily Kos had your autopsy completed for you long before you knew you needed one. But don't take our word for it...
...then this might make you chuckle:
The sources said someone outside the RNC staff is doing the autopsy, but declined to say who.
Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone.