2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWall Street Journal describes Mitt Romney as 'politically dumb'
Mitt Romney Is Shellacked by Conservatives
Jul 5, 2012
Mitt Romney is facing the backlash from conservatives that his opponents predicted in the primary, and it isnt pretty.
The Wall Street Journal editorial page, a standard-bearer of conservative thought and talking points, broke with the script this morning and published a critique of the Romney campaigns waffling on whether to call the health care mandate a tax after the Supreme Court ruled it so.
By calling the mandate a penalty and not a tax, the paper said, the Romney campaign contradicted Republicans throughout the country. And even though Romney later said in an interview that the penalty is a tax, the Journal wrote, he offered no elaboration, and so the campaign looks confused in addition to being politically dumb.
It doesnt end there. William Kristol, the editor of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine who has long been skeptical of Romney, wrote this morning that harping on the economy wont guarantee Romney victory, especially if he wont take specific stances on issues.
Adopting a prevent defense when its only the second quarter and youre not even ahead is dubious enough as a strategy, Kristol wrote. But his campaigns monomaniacal belief that its about the economy and only the economy, and that they need to keep telling us stupid voters that its only about the economy, has gone from being an annoying tick to a dangerous self-delusion.
[Rest of the article at link]
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/mitt-romney-clumsy-on-health-care-falls-into-predicted-trap/
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)monmouth
(21,078 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)He has created this confusion, especially when it comes to the health care law he implemented in Massachusetts. All of his positions are so contradictory that not even the greatest campaign in the history of world could salvage them.
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)he's made so much $
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)The problem is that Romney IS a job outsourcer with foreign bank accounts.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Clearly the candidate is confused and dumb.