Editing Dan Senor (section)

==Role in the Romney campaign==
In 2012, Senor served as a foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Acosta|first=Jim|title=Romney would 'respect' Israeli strike against Iran, Campaign Adviser Says|url=http://www.shebacss.com/en/media-center-84926.html|publisher=CNN|date=July 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Ryan selection shrouded in secrecy|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-ryan-selection-shrouded-in-secrecy/|access-date=October 17, 2013|publisher=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|date=August 12, 2012}}</ref> "The two of them hit it off immediately," Romney chief of staff Beth Myers said. "I can't think of anyone who Mitt has ever met that he hit it off with so immediately as Dan Senor." Romney's July 2012 trip to Israel was described as the "brainchild" of [[Ron Dermer]], Benjamin Netanyahu's chief strategist, "and, Dan Senor". Senor brought to the campaign a network of close ties to Israel, including his sister Wendy Singer, who runs the Jerusalem office of the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]].<ref name=Hoffman />

Senor stirred controversy when he told journalists that if Israel launched a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, Romney "would respect" the move.<ref name=Joanna>{{cite news|last=Slater|first=Joanna|title=With roots in Canada, a key advisor helps Romney push for the presidency|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-election/with-roots-in-canada-a-key-advisor-helps-romney-push-for-the-presidency/article4450946/|work=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto|access-date=October 16, 2013|date=July 31, 2012}}</ref>

Senor praised Romney in an August 2012 op-ed for ''[[USA Today]]'' as "a longstanding supporter of the Jewish state" who "sees in Israel's heroic story a mirror of the heroism that America's Founding Fathers exhibited when, against all odds, they fought for independence and self-government".<ref name=Dan>{{cite news|last=Senor|first=Dan|title=Opposing view: America is best when it lock arms with allies|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/story/2012-08-01/Mitt-Romney-Dan-Senor/56667954/1|work=USA Today News|access-date=October 16, 2013|date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> Senor said in September 2012 that Obama's failure to overthrow President Assad of Syria made the U.S. look "impotent".<ref name=kevin>{{cite news|last=Robillard|first=Kevin|title=Dan Senor: U.S. 'looks impotent{{'-}}|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81508.html|work=Politico|access-date=October 16, 2013|date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

In August 2012, ''Politico'' said that if Romney were elected, Senor "would likely get a top West Wing job, perhaps deputy chief of staff or even national security adviser".<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Mike|title=Who's on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80233.html|work=Politico|access-date=October 17, 2013|author2=Jim Vandehei|date=August 28, 2012}}</ref> He gave "intensive coaching" to vice presidential candidate [[Paul Ryan]] for the latter's debate with Vice President [[Joe Biden]] in October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dowd|first=Maureen|title=An Irish Catholic Wake-Up|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/dowd-an-irish-catholic-wake-up.html|work=The New York Times|date=13 October 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref>

===Post election===
After Romney lost the November election to Obama, Senor's criticism of leading Republicans for being fair-weather friends to the candidate, cheering him as "iconic" before the election and "eviscerating" him afterward, was widely reported.<ref name=rob>{{cite news|last=Robillard|first=Kevin|title=Senor rips GOP officials on about-face|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84127.html?hp=r2|work=Politico|access-date=October 16, 2013|date=November 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wing|first1=Nick|title=Dan Senor, Mitt Romney Adviser, Blasts Republicans For Deserting Candidate After Loss|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/dan-senor-mitt-romney-republicans_n_2170293.html|work=The Huffington Post|date=21 November 2012|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>