One of the things I found in a short campaign against Ted Kennedy was that when I said, for instance, that I wanted to eliminate the Department of Education, that was used to suggest I dont care about education, Romney told the Weekly Standard this spring.
Thats not to say Romney doesnt have plans: he suggested at an April fundraiser overheard by reporters that the departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development might be eliminated or merged with other agencies, and even said hed pay for proposed tax cuts by eliminating the second home mortgage deduction.
But as he enters the heat of this years campaign, Romney is testing just how far he can go in not telling voters what policies hed pursue in the White House.
Read more: Mitt's no policy problem - Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com
Thats not to say Romney doesnt have plans: he suggested at an April fundraiser overheard by reporters that the departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development might be eliminated or merged with other agencies, and even said hed pay for proposed tax cuts by eliminating the second home mortgage deduction.
But as he enters the heat of this years campaign, Romney is testing just how far he can go in not telling voters what policies hed pursue in the White House.
Read more: Mitt's no policy problem - Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com