Alyssa Mastromonaco

It is not the taxpayers are getting their money's worth through that process.

It is not the taxpayers are getting their money's worth through that process.

It was like 7.30, 8 a.m.

It was like 7.30, 8 a.m.

But the other thing that's really hard about it is that, like, for example, Pfeiffer and I had worked together at that point, like side by side for two full years. And now they're just all these new people flooding in. And as Pfeiffer will attest, I don't like you until I like you. So that was a very hard time for me.

But the other thing that's really hard about it is that, like, for example, Pfeiffer and I had worked together at that point, like side by side for two full years. And now they're just all these new people flooding in. And as Pfeiffer will attest, I don't like you until I like you. So that was a very hard time for me.

PDB. Yeah, so what happens, and I learned this more, I sort of was clued into this more in 2012 when as deputy chief of staff, I actually ran the internal sort of transition process. So we were sitting in the White House, but I still had to reach out to the Romney team, onboard them. There's a small handful of people around.

PDB. Yeah, so what happens, and I learned this more, I sort of was clued into this more in 2012 when as deputy chief of staff, I actually ran the internal sort of transition process. So we were sitting in the White House, but I still had to reach out to the Romney team, onboard them. There's a small handful of people around.

So there were a small number of people around Mitt Romney who were submitted for security clearance so that they could be with Mitt Romney if and when he received any of these briefings. And you just get them all briefed up. So it's the it's the nominee plus, I'd say, a small handful of people who all have access to a sort of maybe slightly diluted presidential daily brief.

So there were a small number of people around Mitt Romney who were submitted for security clearance so that they could be with Mitt Romney if and when he received any of these briefings. And you just get them all briefed up. So it's the it's the nominee plus, I'd say, a small handful of people who all have access to a sort of maybe slightly diluted presidential daily brief.

But, you know, when we were the nominee and headed into the financial crisis, the Bush team was actually really good about looping in Obama and McCain on everything that they were thinking and talking about in the days leading up to the election around the financial crisis.

But, you know, when we were the nominee and headed into the financial crisis, the Bush team was actually really good about looping in Obama and McCain on everything that they were thinking and talking about in the days leading up to the election around the financial crisis.

Extremely, extremely. The Bush, I don't think that we could have been any luckier in our transition than how the Bush folks handled it. And they had told me in some of my transition meetings that in some ways it was kind of informed.

Extremely, extremely. The Bush, I don't think that we could have been any luckier in our transition than how the Bush folks handled it. And they had told me in some of my transition meetings that in some ways it was kind of informed.

by how they came into office in 2000, which was different and a little contentious and, you know, maybe not the jolliest of transitions after, you know, the Supreme Court decided the election. But I found – and I'll let Pfeiffer speak to the financial crisis because to just show how – sort of organized or whatever the Obama campaign was, the economy was not my bag. And so I did not pick it up.

by how they came into office in 2000, which was different and a little contentious and, you know, maybe not the jolliest of transitions after, you know, the Supreme Court decided the election. But I found – and I'll let Pfeiffer speak to the financial crisis because to just show how – sort of organized or whatever the Obama campaign was, the economy was not my bag. And so I did not pick it up.

I had to watch the movie Too Big to Fail to totally understand the financial crisis. So Pfeiffer would have a better a better sense of that.

I had to watch the movie Too Big to Fail to totally understand the financial crisis. So Pfeiffer would have a better a better sense of that.

You can describe the transition most succinctly, I think, as just when the chickens come home to roost, like just across the board.

You can describe the transition most succinctly, I think, as just when the chickens come home to roost, like just across the board.