On the Road Back to Obscurity

This comes from GQ magazine contributor Marc Ambinder:

Of all the indignities involved in losing a presidential race, none is more stark than the sudden emptiness of your entourage. The Secret Service detail guarding Governor Romney since Feb 1. stood down quickly. He had ridden in a 15-car motorcade to the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston for his concession speech. He rode in a single-car motorcade back across the Charles River to Belmont. His son, Tagg, did the driving.

There is no formal guideline for the Secret Service agents in this situation; it’s up to the discretion of the detail leader, who usually consults with the local police to make sure that his protectee’s home won't be overrun by protestors and supporters all of a sudden.

But the Service leaves quickly. No more motorcades. No more rope lines. No more bubbles. Familiar faces disappear, never to be seen again.

Click here to read Ambinder’s full post.

READ MORE: “Romney Campaign Concedes Florida” (Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire); “Life After Defeat for Mitt Romney: Public Praise, Private Questions,” by Philip Rucker (The Washington Post); “Mitt Romney Is Losing 847 Facebook Friends Per Hour,” by Kevin Collier (Mashable).