Huffington Magazine Issue 11 | Page 37

HUFFINGTON 08.26.12 BY JON WARD ILLUSTRATION BY JEFFREY DECOSTER MATT RHOADES IS guarded and intense, and more press-averse than many senior campaign strategists. And when I met him in mid-July, in a bohemian coffee shop in Boston’s North End, the 37-year-old manager of Mitt Romney’s campaign was hesitant to speculate about what the Republican candidate would do as president, and how. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION THE ONETERMER? THINKING BOLD THOUGHTS WITH TEAM ROMNEY