Todd noted that the Harvard conference had historically been cordial, and a place for incisive and illuminating election postmortems. Thursday, however, the event was marred with a shouting match between representatives of the two major campaigns and arguments between the media and political operatives.
“What we saw yesterday — and I’m not going to single out individuals– nobody has any humility yet. What has happened to grace and humility? Nobody has shown any of it. Not the campaigns, either side of it,” Todd lamented.
“I have to say that the Trump campaign has come across as sore winners. Clinton folks came across as sore losers, they came across as sore winners,” he continued.
“Even those that represented the media didn’t show humility. My gosh, can somebody show humility here?” Todd begged. “It’s okay to admit some
“These are supposed to be role models for young, up-and-coming political consultants and political journalists,” he concluded. “I’m sorry for a 20 or 21-year-old right now. I’m worried they will look at this and say, ‘I’m not going into this business, I’m going somewhere else. This is an s-show.’”
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