“I’ve now had a little conversation with people from the campaign and they are concerned"

[sufrommich]

A week ago, Obama announced that the Department of Homeland Security was halting deportations for up to 1.4 million young undocumented immigrants. Since that time, Mitt Romney has been repeatedly asked whether, if elected, he would undo Obama’s directive or leave it in place. Romney has steadfastly refused to answer.

But Ray Walser, a co-chair of Mitt Romney’s campaign for issues pertaining to Latin America, finally spilled the beans:


…Mr Walser, told The Daily Telegraph: “My anticipation is that he would probably rescind this directive were he to be elected in November.”

Mr Walser, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation and veteran US diplomat, said such a decision would be in line with the “very tough” stance taken on illegal migration by Mr Romney so far.

After Walser’s comments to The Daily Telegraph, the reporter followed up with the Romney campaign. It refused to repond to his inquiry. But Walser got back in touch with the reporter and begged not to be quoted: “I’ve now had a little conversation with people from the campaign and they are concerned… They would really prefer that if you’re going to quote the Romney position, you get it from someone other than me.”

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/22/504821/romney-campaign-co-chair-romney-would-recind-obama-immigration-directive/



I predict the whole campaign goes like this. Got to keep those teabaggers happy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Maybe they can keep the teabaggers happy.......Maybe!

But it will come at the expense of not pleasing the rest of the country.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. It's the reporter's fault. He should have clarified if he wanted to know

what primary-Mitt or general-election-Mitt would do.

[sufrommich]

3. Don't ask what President Mitt would do though, that's

a secret he'll only reveal if we elect him.

[LiberalFighter]

14. You have to wear magic underwear to find out the truth.

Even then, it will only be revealed when you are ruling your own planet.

[TBF]

7. Correct - they've gotta shake that etch a sketch

and see what it says

[IMG][/IMG]

[hrmjustin]

4. Moral of the story, do not vote for Romney. n/t

[tclambert]

5. It is great strategy to attack Mitt's campaigning abilities.

Campaigning and governing have a few things in common (lots of speechmaking, for instance), but one key indicator of how well, or badly, a candidate might govern is his ability to run his campaign staff. So every time you point out screw-ups in the campaign, confusion amongst the staff, contradictions from one staffer to the next, any sort of campaign incompetence, you are really telling voters, "Hey, if this guy can't run his campaign any better than this, how's he gonna run the country?" This is very effective.

[mlevans]

6. Who are they trying to kid?

It makes no difference whether such a move would be in line with the stance Mitt has taken so far. He is the quintessential weathercock.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Ah, a 'gaffe'--you know when someone speaks the truth

[GeorgeGist]

9. It's scary to realize that ...

people as inept as Mr. Walser can become a Veteran US diplomat.

[ailsagirl]

10. Crooks, liars, thieves

What concerns me is that we still have months to go before the election-- and it's already so (if you'll excuse the expression) fast and furious. Will it keep escalating? Obama needs to continue to keep a cool head (which he does naturally), but it's the other side I worry about because they're frenzied fanatics with, apparently, no boundaries.

I hate to ask this but just how far will they go to see to it that Obama doesn't serve a second term?

[USCampaignSigns]

11. in florida it will hurt

I see this as a direct mail piece to Hispanic D's in the I4 corridor. Will be effective against Romeny.

[JNelson6563]

12. This really does just get better and better.

[FSogol]

13. They should have gotten concerned when they saw who their candidate was.

Just saying.