Good News And Bad News On Romney
Great news for Mitt Romney. He trounced in the Illinois primary. Big time. He's building his delegate lead.
And former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed him in a statement. That's actually the most coveted Bush endorsement out there.
So things are looking fantastic!
Conservatives are finally starting to feel at ease with the presumptive nominee.
Which means it's time for another Romney gaffe. This time it comes from his communications director. This is an actual transcript from a CNN show this morning:
HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and 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. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.
Oh dear.
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Jim Geraghty tweets:
Jan '11
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Kind of like my support for Romney ... instantly erasable ...
Aug '10
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Let's see...
A candidate campaigns to the party's base in the primaries...
Then a candidate campaigns to the general electorate and moves toward the middle in the general...
Isn't that politics 101?
C'mon.
This would be true of Gingrich or Santorum as well.
You are campaigning against a different immediate opponent in the general. Not only that, as a Republican you are competing against the opponent and against the media.
May '10
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Geez, that sounds like an Onion article.
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Who in the world trusts Mitt's supposed lurch right? You don't go from individual mandate to Tea Party that fast.
Any contention that Romney is conservative was created to deceive.
I lament that it's working.
May '10
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Way to totally confirm conservatives' misgivings.
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Nathaniel Wright:
Isn't that politics 101?
Yes, it's important to point out that what Fehrnstrom said was a gaffe only in the Kinsley sense -- he said something true.
But the point is that conservatives have been reviled and mocked for suspecting Romney will pivot hard against them in the fall.
Verifying that argument is not a great move for a communications director.
May '10
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Conservatives simply have to just lay back and think of England
Nov '10
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
Great news for Mitt Romney. He trounced in the Illinois primary. Big time. He's building his delegate lead.
Mollie, "trounced"? Really? Mitt has not "trounced" anyone in any of the primaries where more than two were allowed on the ballot.
That's the big problem and the thing we must really discuss. If he continually fails to impress less than 50% of card-carrying republicans, how can it be expected that he he will impress more than 50% of the voting population?
All that's happening here is that he is first across the finish line in a race of 2nd-rate nags. The primary reason for voting for Mitt appears to be "he's not Obama". That's a wonderful campaign slogan.
Edited on March 21, 2012 at 4:26pmSep '10
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Nathaniel Wright: Let's see...
A candidate campaigns to the party's base in the primaries...
Then a candidate campaigns to the general electorate and moves toward the middle in the general...
Isn't that politics 101?
First rule of Fight Club is..
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The thing that makes this gaffe so epic is that it not only angers the primary voters but it can also be used against him in the general.
So it's all of the baggage of being "conservative" with none of the benefit.
Well done, Eric Fehrnstrom. Well done.
Jan '11
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I'm so against Obama that if the GOP nominated a flowerpot, I'd still vote GOP.
But now I'm starting to prefer the flowerpot ...
May '10
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He had better get a solid conservative on the ticket with him or we're done for.
Feb '11
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I don't care if he shakes it for the general, as long as he shakes it again after the election.
Feb '11
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Romney has too many of his old Massachusetts advisers who don't seem to have any common sense. Fehrnstrom is one. That statement is as much of a self-imposed knife wound as one can imagine.
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If Romney is already taking conservatives for granted, and it's 7 months before the election, what do you think would happen if he ever made it to the White House?
Someone talk me down off this ledge.
May '10
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I hate it when you can't find the reset button. Just ask Hillary and Putin...
Oct '10
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even obama ran as a centrist in 2008. but yeah, eric f. shouldnt admit such things in public.
Apr '11
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Nathaniel Wright: Let's see...
A candidate campaigns to the party's base in the primaries...
Then a candidate campaigns to the general electorate and moves toward the middle in the general...
Isn't that politics 101?
I know that this is conventional wisdom.
I just wonder if this is a case where the conventional wisdom isn't.
Oct '10
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There's still time to deny mitt 1144... the reason for Santo and Newt to stay in the race.