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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.
at the desperation of the left.Must be important.... two threads.
Must be important.... two threads.
Except the Dems do exactly the same thing. They run left in the primaries and shift to the center for the general. Obama is an excellent example of that. Remember when he said he would renegotiate NAFTA? And then dispatched Austan Goolsby to Canada to tell them he was just kidding?
Non-event, non-story.
The Left will make an issue of Romney's shoe laces to distract attention from the disaster that is the Obama Administration.
Must be important.... two threads.
Except the Dems do exactly the same thing. They run left in the primaries and shift to the center for the general. Obama is an excellent example of that. Remember when he said he would renegotiate NAFTA? And then dispatched Austan Goolsby to Canada to tell them he was just kidding?
Non-event, non-story.
The Left will make an issue of Romney's shoe laces to distract attention from the disaster that is the Obama Administration.
Yes, they will.
The question is, was Mitt Romney really the best the GOP could come up with?
Frankly, a lot of folks are ready to consider voting against Obama. But not for Romney, who comes off as a fake, elitist weirdo with a strange religion.
Romney is barely beating has-beens after outspending them 5-1.
Except the Dems do exactly the same thing. They run left in the primaries and shift to the center for the general. Obama is an excellent example of that. Remember when he said he would renegotiate NAFTA? And then dispatched Austan Goolsby to Canada to tell them he was just kidding?
Non-event, non-story.
The Left will make an issue of Romney's shoe laces to distract attention from the disaster that is the Obama Administration.
Yes, they will.
The question is, was Mitt Romney really the best the GOP could come up with?
Frankly, a lot of folks are ready to consider voting against Obama. But not for Romney, who comes off as a fake, elitist weirdo with a strange religion.
Romney is barely beating has-beens after outspending them 5-1.
Is Obama the best the Dums could come up with? A freshman senator with no experience in national politics, a cloudy personal history, and associations with very radical leftists? If he were white no one would have voted for him. He is the first affirmative-action president.
Yes, because any legitimate criticism of Romney is merely envy or desperation on the left's part.
I hate to tell you this...but we're LAUGHING at your clown.
And so is America.
You think in these tough times, America is gonna turn to a corporate raider to lead them?
He wrecks companies for a living. Puts people on unemployment. Likes firing people!
Likes trees that are just the right height!
Only brainwashed low-grade morons would vote for Romney. He's a political hack. Always has been.
Enough with the "I'm in politics because I've gotta impress my dad by doing better than him" candidates already.
When you find someone like Eisenhower that you haven't driven out of your party....give me a shout.
Must be important.... two threads.
I saw Santorum ...
Must be important.... two threads.
Gee, I've never heard of a deliberate shift in mindset after the primaries...
Boy, all the dembots are atwittah with etch-a-sketch pictures on the internet today!
You're a bigot, Joe. You've already told us this. No need to repeat it. It isn't something to be proud of.
Why won't the Left vote for Obama? Don't ask me, ask the leftists. There's plenty of disappointment in that camp.
Remind me what Obama has done for the black community after 3 years. Black teenage unemployment: 40%.
Must be important.... two threads.
Gee, I've never heard of a deliberate shift in mindset after the primaries...
Boy, all the dembots are atwittah with etch-a-sketch pictures on the internet today!
