Mitt Romney's Wimp Factor

[maddezmom]

The last two weeks have landed Mitt Romney in some real political trouble, and his responses—though drawn straight from the political consultant’s handbook—have fallen flat in a way that threatens to damage him much more than the incidents, taken on their own, would suggest.

In late June, the Washington Post ran a devastating story about how Bain Capital had invested in firms that specialize in outsourcing American jobs. A few days later, the Romney campaign demanded a retraction, and made a big show of meeting with the Post’s editors and releasing a memo that was intended to establish their case. Their request was denied.

Then, last week, the Boston Globe reported that SEC documents show Romney had remained chairman and chief executive of Bain Capital for at least three years longer than he claimed—important because much of the Bain outsourcing that’s become such a controversy occurred during this period, and Romney’s defense is that he had already “retired.” The Romney campaign demanded a retraction and was again denied.

Last Friday, as the Bain controversy took center stage, Romney hastily arranged five interviews with networks and major cable stations to respond to questions about his Bain tenure and why he won’t release more tax information. Romney didn’t have anything new to say—he repeated his refusal to release more than the two years’ worth of tax returns he’d already promised—and instead wound up demanding an apology from President Obama, whose campaign, he claimed, had impugned his integrity. Once more, Romney was shut down.

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[madaboutharry]

1. It seems to me that one of the lasting wounds

that Obama is inflicting on Romney is making Mitt look like a wimp. Obama is not only beating Romney up over taxes and Bain, but he is also making Romney look weak. Once a candidate is labeled as a "whiner" and a "wimp," the road ahead gets very rough.

[bemildred]

2. He looks like a loser.

Appearances are not always deceiving

[333maxwell]

3. Lloyd Bentsen

'They tried that with GWHB and that didn't work out so well for them"

Governor Romney, George Bush had a lifetime of national and political achievements.

He was shot down as a pilot in WW2.

He was the Drug Czar, the Vice President and at one point the CIA.

Governor Romney (to do a Bentsen) .. I know George WH Bush, George WH Bush is a friend of mine, and you sir, are no George GW Bush.