Stuart Stevens was the top strategist to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and he does not think Donald Trump will be in the race when the first votes are cast.
Stevens was on CNN’s Jake Tapper’s show The Lead when he said Trump is probably scared of losing:I don’t think he’s going to be on the ballot by February 1. The greatest sin in his value system is to be a loser, and most people who run for president lose. I don’t think he’ll risk it.
Trump enjoys a solid but ever so slightly shrinking national lead in early voting states but even he said last week:
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On Monday evening Trump apparently heard what Steven’s had to say and responded with the following tweet:
Political strategist Stuart Stevens, who led Romney down the tubes in what should been an easy victory, has terrible political instincts!