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babylonsister

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:15 PM Sep 2012

gop in DISARRAY! lawmakers say Romney campaign needs to change course [View all]

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GOP lawmakers say Romney campaign needs to change course
By Alexander Bolton
- 09/15/12 03:00 PM ET


Republican lawmakers are grumbling about the direction of Mitt Romney’s campaign and say he needs to change course.

The complaints come as polls show that Romney lost ground on President Obama following the party’s respective conventions in Tampa, Fla. and Charlotte, N.C.

The GOP members say Romney must do a better job of communicating to voters what to expect of him, either by making a bold pledge akin to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 “no new taxes” promise or fleshing policy proposals with more details.

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Some GOP senators are worried that Romney has yet to give voters a clear vision of what to expect if he is to become president.

Another GOP lawmaker said the aura Romney’s advisers are trying to create around the candidate has muddled the most compelling rationale for his candidacy: he is a no-nonsense problem-solver who can turn the economy around.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/249685-republican-lawmakers-say-romney-campaign-needs-to-change-course

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It scares me he's so lame.... orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #1
The Romney campaign can not change course, because madaboutharry Sep 2012 #2
but he is whatever he thinks people want rurallib Sep 2012 #11
Romney is a former-CEO who thinks he knows all the answers. Jim__ Sep 2012 #3
LOL, they wish it was just a problem with policy vagueness! That's just the tip of the iceturd! nc4bo Sep 2012 #4
To me there is one word that describes Romney, Ryan and their campaign advisers/spokespersons Spazito Sep 2012 #5
Sort of ...TOO LATE DearAbby Sep 2012 #6
Sunday, Monday and Thursday, Liberal. Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, neocon. Tuesday's for teabaggin. nc4bo Sep 2012 #8
The lawmakers taking a two month vacation from lawmaking.. ananda Sep 2012 #7
Really? You mean, stonewalling and lying doesn't work? Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #9
Naturally, their advice involves telling voters a blatant lie in the form of a "pledge" arcane1 Sep 2012 #10
were these the same guys that 2 weeks ago said picking Paul Ryan rurallib Sep 2012 #12
Romney would need a Cha Sep 2012 #13
Palin in 2008. Romney in 2012. randome Sep 2012 #14
It's the GOP who hasn't any idea what Romney's policies are lunatica Sep 2012 #15
Tactic #1: whatever Obama says or does, disagree with it strongly bhikkhu Sep 2012 #16
If he were to give policy specifics, he'd be in a deeper hole! charlyvi Sep 2012 #17
. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #18
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