No Bailouts For Romney
Romney is running to the extreme right to gain the GOP nomination. Another supposed moderate did the same thing in 2008. How did that work out for John McCain?
Because hes running for president in a party that has lost its economic common sense, its political bearings and probably Michigans electoral votes.
Heres the Republican candidate off-script (the best way to find out whats in his head) at a town hall meeting Tuesday in Shelby Township, Michigan: If you just cut, if all youre thinking about doing is cutting spending, why, as you cut spending youll slow down the economy, so you have to at the same time create pro-growth tax policies.
This is a classic example of a Kinsley gaffe (named for my Bloomberg View colleague Michael Kinsley), which is when a politician accidentally says something thats true but politically inconvenient.
Romney is running to the extreme right to gain the GOP nomination. Another supposed moderate did the same thing in 2008. How did that work out for John McCain?