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In the discussion thread: Top Romney Adviser Says Romney Can Change His Positions After The Primaries: ‘Like An Etch A Sketch' [View all]

Response to yardwork (Reply #42)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:37 PM

LiberalLovinLug (2,047 posts)

45. More like resigned

Its a real balancing act for the candidate to appear to say the "right" things, but still leave a passage back to the center when he's the nominee. Just exchange center > right and you have the Obama blueprint. A few teabaggers will boycott the vote if Mittens wins the primaries, but the GOP would be banking on the many more moderate conservatives coming back to the fold to take up the slack. Just like progressive Democrats, a lot of die-in-the-wool Republicans will be thinking "who else?"

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58 replies	Author	Time	Post
Top Romney Adviser Says Romney Can Change His Positions After The Primaries: ‘Like An Etch A Sketch' [View all]	kpete	Mar 2012	OP
LOL	Gore1FL	Mar 2012	#1
A mind is a terrible thing to erase	Cirque du So-What	Mar 2012	#2
Ha! Das war lustig	mackattack	Mar 2012	#56
Nein	Cirque du So-What	Mar 2012	#57
Isn't this what the right wing is afraid of?	cottage10	Mar 2012	#3
Not in the age of YouTube	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#4
Yep.	aquart	Mar 2012	#47
Not sure "We create our own reality" works that well anymore.	emulatorloo	Mar 2012	#5
This proves America is hardly a functioning democracy anymore	Lars77	Mar 2012	#6
Attn Eric Fehrnstrom	Botany	Mar 2012	#7
I repeat myself...	Fritz67	Mar 2012	#8
perfect campaign commercial	crazylikafox	Mar 2012	#12
like this?	tk2kewl	Mar 2012	#9
Exactly like that!	peace frog	Mar 2012	#34
That's the story of Romney's life. He'll say anything to anyone	Renew Deal	Mar 2012	#10
Why not, he's changed them 2-3 times already	CanonRay	Mar 2012	#11
hypocrisy, thy name is romney! n/t	shanti	Mar 2012	#13
Aren't they taking a gamble on this? The base of the party will stay home if Mittens	Liberal_Stalwart71	Mar 2012	#14
Even Democrats should be appalled at this mindset!	CoffeeCat	Mar 2012	#15
Is there a Democratic ad in the can yet? The material...	polichick	Mar 2012	#16
You might want to hold off saying that out loud until Mitt has the nomination officially locked.	tanyev	Mar 2012	#17
OMG - This is what they expect to offer as a leader of the free world	liberal N proud	Mar 2012	#18
LOL - I think Romney literally has a reset button in the back of his neck	aint_no_life_nowhere	Mar 2012	#19
Authoritarian voters won't care	TrogL	Mar 2012	#20
IMO that will only cause confusion in his supporters.	jwirr	Mar 2012	#21
and the pathetic thing is the much of the American populous will accept that /nt	still_one	Mar 2012	#22
Way to maintain candidate integrity, R-money!	agentS	Mar 2012	#23
My attempt to illustrate this story on an Etch A Sketch.	Skinner	Mar 2012	#24
nice, Skinner!	SemperEadem	Mar 2012	#26
DUzy for Skinner.	bleever	Mar 2012	#38
OK I tried it. Its hard, yours is very good.	grantcart	Mar 2012	#54
that's called flip-flopping and it'll be what keeps him sunk	SemperEadem	Mar 2012	#25
Etch-a-sketch Rmoney...	Kalidurga	Mar 2012	#27
Watch out, Eric. Mitt likes being able to fire people.	Gidney N Cloyd	Mar 2012	#28
Well that explains Rmoney's	xxqqqzme	Mar 2012	#29
Guess what, Mr. Fehrnstrom:	Brigid	Mar 2012	#30
This post was hidden by jury decision.	binary	Mar 2012	#31
Why wouldn't or shouldn't Fehrnstrom say this?	gratuitous	Mar 2012	#32
You do know how to erase an Etch-A-Sketch, don't you?	KamaAina	Mar 2012	#33
Mitt you always have been lying scum	Liberalynn	Mar 2012	#35
Romney: "I don't mean a word I say"	Enrique	Mar 2012	#36
"And I approve this message for now." More Romneyism or isn't.	kiranon	Mar 2012	#37
He has his fingers permanently crossed behind his back	aint_no_life_nowhere	Mar 2012	#44
Because the only thing Mitt stands for	NCcoast	Mar 2012	#39
welcome to the content-free, horse-race neolib vs. neolib "races" that've been going on since 1980	MisterP	Mar 2012	#40
Really? Start over - not with the Internet and 24/7 news cycle. All those previous etch-a-sketch	livetohike	Mar 2012	#41
Think so? Maybe the Republican voters are stupid enough to fall for this.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#42
More like resigned	LiberalLovinLug	Mar 2012	#45
Unbelievable! They don't even PRETEND that Romney is sincere.	Chemisse	Mar 2012	#43
Comedians and editorial cartoonists are going nominate Fehrnstrom for Man of the Year.	sarge43	Mar 2012	#46
This makes	Flatpicker	Mar 2012	#48
Being a "flip flopper" is ok!	obxhead	Mar 2012	#49
Running in '68 his George Romney was destoryed by claiming he had been brainwashed	hayrow1	Mar 2012	#50
Willard the phoney....deceiving and flipping.	Historic NY	Mar 2012	#51
k&r	pokerfan	Mar 2012	#52
For Etch-A-Sketch's "take" on this,	BlueMTexpat	Mar 2012	#53
There is truth to this but a politcal advisor should never ever say it.	DCBob	Mar 2012	#55
Sadly, it worked for Obama.	Zhade	Mar 2012	#58

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