Campaign Surrogate Admits Romney Is Changing Positions Just To Win Votes

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Campaign Surrogate Admits Romney Is Changing Positions Just To Win Votes

By Igor Volsky

Mitt Romney campaign surrogate Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) admitted that the GOP presidential candidates was changing his positions and moving towards the middle in order to win over voters, during an appearance on CNN’s Starting Point on Friday morning. Gingrey’s comments, reminiscent of Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom’s claim that Romney would “Etch-A-Sketch” his positions after the GOP primary, came in response to the candidate’s recent claim that his 47% remarks were “completely wrong.”

“(T)he Republican, the conservative candidate in the primary, is always going to lean right and come back to the center for the general, the opposite for the Democrat,” Gingrey explained. “That’s all you are seeing here. It is very typical. We strong conservatives understand that. There are a lot of undecideds in this country…we want those votes too. So, this is campaign strategy.” Watch it:

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Romney began moving towards the center during Wednesday night’s debate, distancing himself from his $5 trillion tax cut plan, embracing portions of his Massachusetts health care law as a model for the states, faulting Wall Street reform for providing “the biggest kiss that’s been given to New York banks,” and considering eliminating tax deductions for oil companies.

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“This is a message I’m carrying day in and day out and will carry over the coming months,” Romney said after his secretly taped comments calling half of Americans “dependent upon government” surfaced. “I’m talking about a perspective of individuals who I’m not likely to get to support me…. And those that are dependent upon government and those that think government`s job is redistribute, I — I’m not going to get them.”

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/05/966031/campaign-surrogate-admits-romney-is-changing-positions-just-to-win-votes/

Romney On 47 Percent: ‘I Said Something That’s Just Completely Wrong’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021475193

On CNN - Robme WANTED Obama to bring up the 47%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021475018

[Historic NY]

1. buying by lying...anything to get a vote.

[MizzM]

2. Political Tactics for the uniformed

That's why it is so important to spend a little time getting to know what the political parties represent. It becomes very obvious to the informed what these Republican candidates are doing when they shift to the center. Scott Brown of Massachusetts shifts to the center when he is up against Democrat Elizabeth Warren in a Democratic state. But then he will head right back to the right when elected. Honestly, some people are really gullible. These Republican shifts to the center are to capture the vote of those who are clueless.

[ProSense]

3. Well said.

Welcome.

[MizzM]

6. Just a Beginner, but...

I'm just getting warmed up. Thanks for your welcome.

[vinny9698]

4. Now2 a days it is harder to get away with outright pandering

You tube, people have video cameras in their phones and can document and get wide distribution.

[ProSense]

5. Mitt forgets he's on record. n/t