ABikerSailor
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Seems that Mittens can't win a state election without saying something stupid, or having one of his staff members saying something stupid..........
‘Etch-A-Sketch’: Romney Aide Suggests Campaign Reset After Primary - ABC News
Still think that Mittens can beat Obama in the general?
Mitt Romneys rivals have seized on comments made by his communications director Eric Fehrnstromon CNN this morning suggesting Romneys rightward shift during the primary might be reset during the general election campaign. Heres the exchange:
JOHN FUGELSANG (CNN): Is there a concern that [Rick] Santorum and [Newt] Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?
FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. Its almost like an Etch-A-Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again. But I will say, if you look at the exit polling data in Illinois, youll see that Mitt Romney is broadly acceptable to most of the factions in the party. You have to do that in order to become the nominee
There is no doubt that the tone and issues most on display during the general election will differ from those that were the focus during the GOP primary. And there is no doubt that Romney or whoever is the eventual nominee GOP nominee will have to pivot to face president Obama. But Fehrnstroms analogy immediately struck a nerve among Democrats and Obama campaign aides on Twitter, who tried to make it sound like Romney would change his positions if he can clinch the nomination.
One of Governor Romneys aides today on television said that Gov Romney, after he wins the primaries, will be like an Etch-a-Sketch, You take whatever he said and you can shake it up and it will be gone and hes going to draw a whole new picture for the general election. Well that should be comforting to all of you who are voting in this primary, said Rick Santorum in an interview on Fox News Channel later Wednesday morning. That whoever you are going to vote for is going to be a completely remove all trace of any kind of marks and be able to draw a new picture. Maybe a picture sort of like when he ran for governor of Massachusets, not as a conservative. One thing you can sayeven my staunchest critics will sayis what you see is what you get.
‘Etch-A-Sketch’: Romney Aide Suggests Campaign Reset After Primary - ABC News
Still think that Mittens can beat Obama in the general?