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Campaign Gaffe? Romney Camp Suggests Candidate Will Change Positions ‘Like An Etch A Sketch’ Come Fall

Romney Spokesman Says Candidate Will Shake Positions Like An Etch A Sketch in the General Election

With advisers like this, it’s hard to wonder why Mitt Romney keeps tripping up with gaffes like these.

Following a win in the Illinois GOP primary Tuesday and a key endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney’s top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom appeared on CNN where he answered questions concerning whether his candidate had gone “so far right” in the primary campaign.

“Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign,” Fehrnstrom said. “Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch a Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again.”

Fehrnstrom’s answer is likely to rehash concerns from many critics within the conservative base and general electorate who have long alleged that Romney is a “flip-flopper“ and has ”no core values.”

The campaign of Romney’s strongest rival Rick Santorum has immediately pounced on the gaffe. 

“We all knew Mitt Romney didn’t have any core convictions, but we appreciate his staff going on national television to affirm that point for anyone who had any doubts,” Santorum’s National Communications Director Hogan Gidley said in a statement.

“With the two year anniversary of the signing of ObamaCare upon us, can voters really believe that the man who urged the President to use his healthcare plan in Massachusetts as a model would really repealObamaCare?  Or is that promise just something they would ‘shake up and restart’ with when Romney hits the general election.”

Top Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod retweeted the video with the message: “Forget everything you know. Forget everything you’ve seen. Coming soon. Mitt 5.0!”

Even if that’s not what Fehrnstrom meant, it’s still easy to see how many will take it that way. And sometimes all it takes is perception to perpetuate a myth or sink a campaign.

Comments (174)

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  • 65Plus
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:47pm

    Oops!! [Thanks for cluing us in about this fraud.]

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:52pm

      The aide never said anything about changing positions, the question wasn’t about changing positions it was about the independent vote. Here is the whole interview and guess what, Glenn Beck’s Will Cain is part of the panel, he will back this up: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/mar/romney_aid_etchsketch.html

      The etch-a-sketch analysis will be on the change in message and rhetoric. Contraception won’t be a hot topic, it will be more based on the economy. This is the same thing Santorum and Gingrich would have to do to gain the Indies vote as well.

      THIS IS B.S. MEDIA SPIN. TALK TO WILL CAIN AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS…

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:59pm

      ISN‘T IT INTERESTING THAT THEBLAZE WOULDN’T REPORT THAT WILL CAIN OF GBTV WAS ON THE PANEL THAT INTERVIEWED THIS ADVISER.

      Watch the whole clip. The original short version was put out by George Soros‘ ’Think Progress’, Soros Groups have spent million to combat Romney already in the GOP primary. They really don’t want him to battle Obama.

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    • BarackStalin
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:07pm

      Yeah, who are you going to believe people…

      TEAPARTYFORROMNEY or your lying eyes?

      The man calls himself a progressive for goodness sake, what did you expect? We still have time to elect a conservative…

      What purpose does it serve to have a president with an R next to his name if he is going to govern like a D?

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:10pm

      romney will become more moderate for the general election. THIS IS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MITT ROMNEY WILL EVER BE. That is the way it always works – the republican will be conservative in the primary and then move to the left for the general election. It is history, facts, demographics – you cannot refute it.

      in the case of romney, he is not or barely conservative in the primary – not a good sign for the general election

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    • hauschild
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:14pm

      Each one of them is frauds, but that‘s what we’ve allowed to happen. It’s our fault. We are going to deserve Romney or Obama. Maybe it’ll help for the 2016 election for people to get their heads outta their asses in terms of viable candidates; but, I doubt it. We‘ll continue to nominate slugs because we think that’s the “smart” thing to do and why? Because the talking heads say so.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:14pm

      GOP Survey (received): Tell us the positions that you want our Presidental Candidate to cite and take! PlayDoh!

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:25pm

      BARACKSTALIN

      Romney said he has some ‘conservative views’ he never said he was a progressive. This is just like when Santorum called himself a Progressive Conservative or Gingrich praised the progressive movement.

      Don’t believe me, believe the truth. Trust but verify, Romney’s record shows he is a conservative. Ask Glenn Beck to ask Will Cain about this interview, he was on the panel.

      Also remember, if Gingrich or Santorum won the election, they too would have to change their talking points and rhetoric, instead of talking about faith and abortion they would center around economy and defense. What is wrong with this as long as they don‘t change their position and Romney’s aide never said that was the plan, just their message.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:28pm

      THE TRUE TEST IS TO SEE IF HE CHANGES HIS POSITION OR HIS MESSAGE.

      The adviser was talking about message, you can’t just jump around in position, but you can change the message to talk about what Independents are worried about and that is Economy, Foreign Affairs, National Security. Change the message not the position, this is what Reagan did, Santorum and Gingrich would do when they won the primary. not to change positions but what you concentrate on in your message.

      ROMNEY IS A CONSERVATIVE, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE MEDIA OR LOOK AT HIS CONSERVATIVE RECORD.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:33pm

      Teapartyforromney weighs in…..

      I can’t imagine what he/she has to say…. Let me guess..

      This man is the Mostest conservative I mean severely conservative in the whole wide world. Romney is more conservative than the most conservative of conservatives to every conservative.

      How much conservative would a conservative conserve if if a conservative could conserve Romney?

      Teapartyforromney… As much as Mitt My Love can conserve… yea yea yea….

      We want RomneyCare not ObamaCare
      We want RomneyCare not ObamaCare

      Hey Hey Ho Ho this Obamacare has got to go.
      Hey Hey Ho Ho we‘ve got Conservative RomneyCare don’t you know.

      Keep your hands off my r o m n e y c a r e.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:37pm

      MS-GLENNBC

      I love how you always chant: Hands off my GingrichCare (federal mandate, as Gingrich put it a “variation to ObamaCare”)

      ‘Hands of my GingrichCare’
      ‘Hands of my GingrichCare’
      ‘Hands of my GingrichCare’
      ‘Hands of my GingrichCare’

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:40pm

      As I read all the post here I can see one underling theme.
      We seem to have a division that has no solution!
      I hear the Ron P. people lament the greatness of their choice but ignore his obvious lack of appeal.
      Then we have Rick S. who seems to be too young too stupid & too egotistical.
      As for Mitt R. he has a lot of liberal baggage that I do not like and health care repeal is a biggie to me!
      Nute G. Does not seem to be catching on and his past association with Nancy P, doesn’t help!
      So what’s a voter too do?
      They seem to have us cornered because they have us convinced that a third party vote would throw it to NObama.
      But I would make one observation.
      The reason for the Ross P. loss in his 3rd party bid was on purpose!
      He was not running to win he was a spoiler!
      He was getting too many votes and if he would have really been a serious candidate instead of a shill things would have turned out differently.
      He played his part too well and was about to get elected and to sabotage his own campaign to keep from winning.
      The morrow of this lesson is that a real 3rd party candidate can get elected!
      I wrote this song out of frustration form our system of elections!
      “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:45pm

      I propose… A MIRROR… for President… so everyone can see their own reflection!

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:50pm

      @tea

      “Romney said he has some ‘conservative views’ he never said he was a progressive.”

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu0zQRUCDlM&feature=related “my views are progressive”

      OOPs!!!! See what doing a little research on a candidate does. Congrats, Tea are helping to nominate a progressive to fight a progressive.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Are you guys all 18-21 years old and voting for a president the first time? You sound like it. There are certain rules in presidential politics that have been around long before we were all born. The first rule of presidential campaigns is play to the base to secure them during the primary, then moderate your message in the fall to attract a wider group of voters. Nixon did it. Reagan did it. Bush did it. And, magically, it works for both parties. Carter did it. Clinton did it. Obama did it.

      And, guess what? If Santorum were to win the nomination, even he would do it. You see, Rick would need to widen his appeal beyond his base in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana if he were to have any chance of winning the general election. There’s just not enough people in those three states to win the day for him.

      I know you’re all excited because you think your boy Santorum has found a hole in the line to burst through for a TD, but like Santorum backers have always done – you’re fooling yourself. He’s still a goof with no chance of ever sitting in the oval office. And Karen is still banned from visiting The Villages.

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    • BarackStalin
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:20pm

      teapartyforromney (and everyone else)

      don’t believe me, just watch the video…

      http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/12/13/romney_2002_video_my_views_are_progressive_.html

      Romney says “my views are progressive” at around :54 sec

      he doesn‘t say conservative as you falsely claim and he doesn’t say “some” as you would like to spin it…

      “my views are progressive” is quite clear and precise.

      and, yes, let’s look at his actions:

      signed a ban on all semi-automatic weapons in Mass.
      signed an individual mandate for health insurance
      ran as pro-choice, then was pro-life, then was pro-choice, then was pro-life
      supported abortion subsidies in Mass even after switching to pro-life
      supported the Recovery Act (stimulus) before he was against it
      supported immigration reform before he was against it
      supported cap and trade before he was against it
      supported gay marriage before he was against it
      supported TARP (bank bailouts)

      So when his adviser says he will shake up his view like an etch-a-sketch, what he means is that he will finally be able to reveal that his progressive views were what he really believed all along and he just had to trick the backwater hicks in the GOP into nominating him.

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    • captainamericaisatalibankilla
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:08pm

      @TEAPARTYFORROMNEY
      Your implications that Mitt Romney is conservative are almost as little/insignificant as the implication of your screen name. Tea Party for Romney? LOL Thanks for helping reelect Barack Obama, as many conservatives will refuse to vote for Obama-lite.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:37pm

      MARTINEZ012577,
      Here is the full quote, but you missed the question…

      “I think people recognize that I’m not a partisan Republican, that I’m someone who is moderate and my views are progressive, and that I’m going to go to work for our senior citizens, for people that have been left behind, for urban schools that are not doing the right job, and so they’re going to vote for me regardless of the party label.”

      But when you see the clips on YouTube, you only hear the 6 second clip of “I think people recognize that I’m not a partisan Republican, that I’m someone who is moderate and my views are progressive.” Again he never said he is a Progressive, he said he had Progressive views, of which he did have some. This clip completely leaves out the question that the reporter asks, which is so important. If you look before this clip he was asked about being a partisan Republican that will not compromise with the legislature. If he was to do that in Massachusetts, nothing would get done. That is, nothing through his office; instead the 85% legislature would pass everything they wanted with no regard for the governor, landing him as a “lame duck” and not passing his conservative agenda.

      The truth is, Romney did have some not-so-conservative or even progressive views. His stance that government needed to stay out of people choice on abortion was a progressive view. A stance he shared with Rick Santorum in the 90s.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:42pm

      BARACKSTALIN,

      Romney saying he has views that were progressive is no worse than Santorum saying that he was a Progressive Conservative and “not a Reagan Conservative.” Or when Gingrich praised FDR as his favorite President and then praised the Progressive Candidate. They, all three, used rhetoric because of where they were being elected… okay minus Gingrich because he was already elected and said it dozens of times.

      Look at Romney’s record, that was conservative.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:46pm

      The record is the most important and Romney has a great record. Even with RomneyCare if you look at the whole thing and not what the legislature turned it into.

      ROMNEY IS A CONSERVATIVE AND HE REPRESENTS THE TEA PARTY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE WE HAVE, MINUS MAYBE RON PAUL, BECAUSE HIS TROUBLES STEM FROM HIS FOREIGN POLICY STANCES, WHICH [DEFENSE] IS NOT PART OF THE TEA PARTY LINE, yet his stance on that is scary.

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:57pm

      @ tea

      Your full quote didnt change anything. His views are progressive. Oh and yes Santorum has the same problems as Romney with bad history, but I wouldnt vote for him either.

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    • Sicboy
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:06pm

      An Old Lady called GB this morning and told GB she could not vote for romney, believing he was a “phony” my words and could not be trusted.. GB’s side kick pat gray just about went nuts claiming the lady had an ulterior motive. Maybe because he’s a Mormon? She denied it but gray couldn’t let it go. GB sure did. I’ll tell you right now. I could never vote for romney, he can’t be trusted. Not voting for romney does not equal voting for obama.

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    • BarackStalin
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:22pm

      Yeah the record, teaparty:

      signed a ban on all semi-automatic weapons in Mass.
      signed an individual mandate for health insurance
      ran as pro-choice, then was pro-life, then was pro-choice, then was pro-life
      supported abortion subsidies in Mass even after switching to pro-life
      supported the Recovery Act (stimulus) before he was against it
      supported immigration reform before he was against it
      supported cap and trade before he was against it
      supported gay marriage before he was against it
      supported TARP (bank bailouts)

      looks pretty progressive…

      and I love your tactic of defending romney by attacking santorum…well I guess it’s gotten him this far, but I don’t think destroying the republican coalition of fiscal and social conservatives is going to serve romney very well in the general election.

      and yes, clearly when romney says, “my views are progressive” that means he is actually the opposite of progressive…

      how silly of us all to think that romney actually means what he says…it has been quite clear that he is willing to say anything…

      I just hope the Constitution Party runs a strong candidate since the republican party is now the democrat party for millionaires.

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    • norway1516
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:53pm

      always sucks when the truth comes out

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:00pm

      People define words differently. A conservative in Maine would be a moderate in Tennessee and a liberal in Alabama. Romney said some of his views were progressive. That doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives 8 definitions for the word. Romney is in his 60′s and not well-versed in bedrock conservative political vocabulary, so cut him some slack and don’t always assume the worst in people. He probably wasn’t using the word in the way you may think, and most of you accused him of having a tin ear and not expressing himself well in the past anyway.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:04pm

      Let‘s see how much you know about Romney’s stance on these issues:

      Assault Rifle Ban: How many guns did it ban? How many anti-gun laws did Romney pass??? How many famous pro-gun activists support Romney’s position on guns?
      What was Romney’s individual mandate? Was it the keystone of the program? What was his exchange?
      Was Romney pro-choice or pro-life throughout his life? How many pro-abortion laws did he pass, how many did he reject? Which governor got abstinence teaching in schools? How many pro-life activist groups back Romney even after his admin?
      Did Romney call for ‘affordable’ or did the courts in 1988? Would RomneyCare remove the abortion mandate from the insurance plans?
      What was Romney‘s answer to Obama’s stimulus? What was the stimulus the Republicans working for? Were they the same?
      Which governor signed the Arizona Law 5 years before Arizona? and English immersion classes? Which one spoke against immigration in both 1994 and 2002 elections?
      Did Romney pass the RGGI or was he one of two that rejected it? Did he give an opt-out to businesses from paying for carbon offsets in Mass?
      Did Romney tell a gay reporter from a gay newspaper that he was against Gay Marriage in ‘94?
      Did Romney take the same stance as Glenn Beck on the TARP bailout? Was it for the banks or was it to save the dollar because there was no gold standard?

      ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ROMNEY WAS AND IS A CONSERVATIVE…

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:16pm

      MARTINEZ012577,

      Let me ask you a few questions?

      Was it conservative when Romney dissolved two state agencies?
      Was it conservative when Romney cut hundreds of millions in govt spending?
      Was it conservative when Romney pushed a pro-jobs agenda?
      Was it conservative (not libertarian) when Romney vetoed 800 spending/regulatory bills?
      Was it conservative when Romney pushed the Arizona bill 4 years before Arizona?
      Was it conservative to partner with NRA and GOAL to fight anti-second amendment bills and push 8 pro-gun bills?
      Was it conservative when Romney pushed for a free-market, consumer driven, deregulating insurance market for people to buy their own insurance.
      Was it conservative when Romney put out his mandate that you ‘buy you own insurance or pay your own bill’ (this is what it was before the legislature changed it to ‘pay a fine’)
      Was it conservative when Romney stopped 7 pro-abortion regulations, vetoing all of them?
      Was it conservative when Romney called to deregulate the insurance industry?
      Was it conservative when Romney called for tax cuts instead of govt handouts during the Recovery act?
      Was it conservative when Romney rejected the RGGI, Regional Greenhouse Gas initiative, regional cap and trade, one of two govs?

      I will give you the wrong minded idea to use TARP, but I don’t dinge him as much because he was worried about the dollar which is controlled by the Fed and not the gold standard, that is why I call on his camp to enlist Paul to advis

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Tea, Paul’s foreign policy is the best of all candidates we have had for decades. He just wants to follow the Constitution, Oh that is scary. You sir are being led to the slaughter by the establishment. Keep believing those liars.

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    • BarackStalin
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:34pm

      disenlightened,

      the man never said “some”…why do you romney supporters insist on adding the word “some”…

      “my views are progressive” is extremely clear and precise…

      If you guys want to hand the republican party over to the progressives, fine…just don’t expect me to follow…

      teaparty,

      I’m not taking a quiz…

      any violation of the 2nd amendment is too much…
      anyone who thinks killing babies is no big deal won’t get my vote…
      any politician mandating my purchases is a tyrant…
      and anyone as comfortable with trickery and deceit as romney can’t be good for America…

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    • jjoy
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:56pm

      If there is any doubt about where romney stands on issues, look back at his record…

      romney is a staunch supporter of gun-control…

      romney is a staunch supporter of algore’s “global warming” fraud…

      romney helped obama write obamacare… Do you really think he will repeal it???

      romney is against letting US oil companies drill for our own oil even tho there are more proven oil reserves in the CONUS than in the entire middle east…

      There ain‘t a nickel’s worth of difference in romney and obama…

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    • NoDoubtTom
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 3:05pm

      @ TEAPARTYFORROMNEY
      Soooo, When Soros uses his money to blast your candidate that’s NOT okay. But, outspending your opposition and bombarding the media with YOUR OWN false statements IS okay?
      You have to change your position on the issues to suit the audience, WHAT?
      Excuuuuuuse Me!
      You will find Rick Santorum has NEVER changed his position on any issue.
      He stands by the decisions he made, explains when people question his reasoning, and admits he made a mistake when he did.
      RS “backed moderate (R) Arlen Specter”. But once he explained the agreement for votes on conservate justices like Roberts and Alito, the topic was dropped like a hot potato.
      [Hey Newt (and fans) what about the Lib (R really?)Dede Scozzafava backing against Cons Tea Party(R) Doug Hoffman in NY-23rd Spec. Elect. 2009? That's right, she dropped out and supported the (D) candidate Bill Owens in the end. But that was soooo long ago.]
      That’s values!
      Romney says “I know how to balance the budget, I did it for four years” Yeah, and as RS pointed out
      IT WAS THE STATE LAW! He had to! Great victory Mr. Governor.

      Did we have to go into panic mode to defeat James E. Carter Jr. in 1980? Nope. [But we did capitualate on a Progressive VP to "balance the ticket, and not loose the base".] Let’s not do that again!

      I say we elect Rick Santorum, and see if he changes his position in the general “because you have to appeal to indies”. I bet NOT. Cons fiscal stand, and social conservatism as a b

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 3:16pm

      BARACKSTALIN,

      Your logic is to say that Romney said “all”. Truth is he was answering a question and never said all, and never said some, true. Looking at his record, his views are very conservative and yet you attack him.

      I wish you would take the quiz, that way you would know that Romney is a conservative and not letting the media dictate what you believe about a man.

      To answer your accusations:
      What violations against the 2nd amendment has he done. All the bill he signed were favored by GOAL and the NRA. So he hasn’t violated the 2nd amendment.

      Romney took the libertarian view when he entered politics that the government shouldn’t play a role in our freedom. Later he found out that that wouldn’t work. Same experience Reagan and many others went through, so Reagan wouldn’t get your vote.

      You live by mandates everyday. His mandate was not mandating you to buy anything, it was ‘pay for your own insurance or pay your own bill.’ That is down right libertarian. It was the legislature that changed it into a fine.

      What trickery has he done, besides what the media and opponents are telling you. To say he had progressive views, he did have some, government out of abortion was one of them.

      SO WHERE IS THE TRICKERY? ROMNEY IS A CONSERVATIVE

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 3:25pm

      NODOUBTTOM,

      how much money has been spent against Santorum; how many against Gingrich (individually), how much against Paul? Now over the last 7 months, how many million have gone against Romney>>> more than all the rest individually.

      As for false accusations. The only one to be called false was the claim against Gingrich on abortion put out by the SuperPAC. Even Santorum said that that ad against him, the one in the debate about him giving voting rights back to murderers was true. Santorum didn’t like it but he said that he did do that. How about the fact that most of Santorum’s attacks against Romney have been called false. How about the attack against Romney and Bain that was completely false and took those they interviewed out of context and they spoke out against the video. That was false accusations against Romney.

      Romney has received more attacks then any one candidate, from opponents on the right and the left, this because he has been the front runner through most of the race and that is where everyone else got scrutiny. How much has Gingrich spent against Santorum, how much against Romney. Everyone is trying to be the anti-Romney and so dishing out the funds mostly through their PACs to take him down.

      HOW IS THAT FAIR… YET ROMNEY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN‘T COMPLAIN AND THEY CAN’T USE THAT EXCUSE WHEN THEY ARE OUTSPENT BY OBAMA, PLEASE TELL ME THEY WOULDN‘T GO OUT IN THE GENERAL TO WHINE ABOUT OBAMA’S SPENDING, DOESN’T WORK.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 3:33pm

      JJOY,

      Sorry that is not his history.
      TRUTH: Romney partnered with pro-gun groups on all gun bills, passing 8 pro-gun bills himself.

      TRUTH: Romney has never said he believed in man-made global warming, saying “people may have contributed but don’t know how much” is not the same.

      TRUTH: Romney never helped Obama write ObamaCare, would that make any sense if he wanted to be President. Jon Gruber is not the architect of a health care bill. He is an MIT economist, not a health care expert, who met with Romney once to run the numbers on Heritage’s plan. He will repeal it because it is a federal program that takes away from states and he has always been a strong federalist.

      Romney has never been against oil drilling, his plan since 2007 was to drill so we could get off of foreign oil. He even shut down the RGGI which was the regional cap and trade agreement. He was one of two governors to reject it, stopping it from happening, until he left and Deval Patrick took over.

      “There ain‘t a nickel’s worth of“ similarity ”in romney and obama…” (From your words)

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 3:36pm

      WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE ESTABLISHMENT VS THE NON-ESTABLISHMENT…

      If Reagan came back and ran again, the “Establishment” would vote for him, so would you not vote for him.

      There is this great divide, even pushed by Santorum and Gingrich, but with out the establishment, we die. Without the non-establishment we die. Lets get over ourselves and remove that from the equation when it comes to picking the best candidate for America.

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  • The Toad
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:45pm

    If it wasn’t for Romneys wall street money and super pack he would have been finished by now! If you got the money why not buy the nomination.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:57pm

      You should read the letter from the former employee of Romney’s superPAC. He was leaving because the campaign staff of Romney was trying to influence the PAC to become more positive in their message and he was mad at the fact that after a lot of indirect prodding Romney‘s ’Restore America’ was starting to put together positive ads. This ex-employee was mad because he felt they were going against the wishes of the donors to the PAC. Check it out on: http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/why-i-am-leaving-restore-our-future

      ROMNEY IS A CONSERVATIVE AND THE SUPERPAC IS THE ONE HURTING ROMNEY.

      Did you know that it was proven that both Gingrich and Santorum attacked Romney first, not Romney, he has always reacted in his campaign ads, to their campaign ads. And Fact Checkers are saying that Santorum’s campaign negative ads are false. Just like Gingrich’s. Fact Checkers say Romney’s SuperPAC ads are also full of falsehoods, but never Romney’s personal ads… that is unless he attacks Obama.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:13pm

      so the guy left because romney was trying to break the rules? romney was too authoritarian?

      every time i hear a romney supporter try to excuse something – it only makes things worse

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:30pm

      Did you even read the letter he submitted. The guy was angry that the SuperPAC wanted to go positive on Romney and not negative against rivals.

      SPIN SPIN SPIN, you like to SPIN.

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  • The Toad
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:42pm

    Here was a quote from the PPP Poll analysis of the numbers they released to day, as it regards to Sarah Palin.

    Palin is someone GOP delegates might be able to unify around in the case of a hopelessly deadlocked convention. She is seen positively by Gingrich voters (85/7), Santorum supporters (80/10), and Romney ones (57/27) alike. That’s a contrast to Romney who is disliked by both Santorum (38/48) and Gingrich (32/54) voters and Santorum who is disliked by Romney (38/48) voters and only seen narrowly favorably by Gingrich (46/42) backers.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:49pm

      WHY NOT ASK GLENN’s WILL CAIN ABOUT THIS STORY, HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH SINCE HE WAS ON THE CNN PANEL THAT TALKED TO THE ROMNEY AIDE:

      What was the question the aide was asked. What will Romney do about independents since the he has gone so right. The aide then talked about the Eth-a-Sketch. This does not mean Romney will change his position but that they will relook at him after the primary and Romney will have to guide his talking points, rhetoric to match what will pull them in as well. Here is the whole interview, with Will Cain: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/mar/romney_aid_etchsketch.html

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:42pm

    LOL – you cant make this stuff up anymore. if this is what his own campaign says – imagine what his opponent will say…

    manchurian mitt strikes again

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Yes you can, use George Soros‘ Think Progress’ clip and neglect the original meaning of the question. It was about independents and the change in message, not position.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:16pm

      so he will be telling the rest of the country something other than what he has been telling us? must be great news, i cant wait to hear it….

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:35pm

      No your message on what you concentrate on changes. Your center of focus changes to the group you are talking about. The base wants to know about Faith, Economy, and Gun Control. So you talk to them on those views. When you enter the general election the independents are your target and they are interested more in defense and economy, so you talk about you positions on them. If someone asks you about the other issues you answer the question and go back on subject. You gauge your message to the group you are talking to, not your positions and changing them. That is what the adviser was talking about. Romney will win the primary, then general, then fix the country. No doubt.

      I love talking to those that are anti-Romney because they nit pick everything anyone said against Romney. Listen to it with a open mind and you would see that that he is talking about how politics works and the change froma primary campaign to a general. Reagan, Bush did it and so would Santorum or Gingrich.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:50pm

      i was under the working assumption that romney’s message was already geared for independents. I dont see how a candidate talks about different things in the general election – isnt the point to win people over to the republican party?

      This has always been one of my problems with romney – he sees people as groups of voters. He should recognize that we are all americans born with the same desire for liberty. Ron Paul has a message that carries well with independents and he doesnt have to change a single thinig. funny how freedom works

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:48pm

      Funny because that is what Rush always attacks him on that he set up shop in the middle and has been pulled to the right. yes his message is towards the base right now and will have to change to the topics that center in indies lives. Based around defense and economy, not social issues.

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  • dimbulbz
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:41pm

    I wonder how much Santorum paid the guy to say that. What an incredible idiot. With help like that, who needs enemies? If Romney doesnt fire this guy its time to look for another candidate – maybe Christie will change his mind and run.

    Oh, yeah, Mitt, buddie, thats strike 37. You’re catching up with Santorum and Gingrich.

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  • pcg646
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:32pm

    Fehrnstrom is a complete Moron. Romney should dump this guy, declare he does not have a reset button and will not go left or his primary is toast.

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  • countryfirst
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:31pm

    Romney may have to focus from what he called Washington insiders , to a communist sitting in our Oval office. I just hope he sees the danger for what it is and has the b@lls to attack it.

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  • bree001
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:30pm

    I don‘t know why anyone would vote for Obama’s twin brother. http://www.brendasblog7.com/home-page

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  • bigmel754
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:28pm

    It seems that Obamas plans continue to work, on all of us!

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:28pm

    The TEA Party will be reemerging come our selection of the R candidate. the we will be shaking the likes of Fehrn’s DEMOCRAT Appeasement attitude. Mitt’s rump will be held to the fire to stay the Conservative route to the Whitehouse, and if he does that it will overflow into the House/Senate races. Hey Mitt
    It’s up to YOU to bring us out. We are Here.

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    • pcg646
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:35pm

      Amen, We are watching.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:45pm

      Sounds like a plan. He needs a few new advisors, too.

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    • jay1975
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:33pm

      The TEA Party sat back and watched Romney come in and take all of the delegates. Now, after the heavy lifting is over, they plan to come in and hold Romney accountable. Sorry, I don’t buy it. The TEA Party has been hijacked by the establishment GOP and Romney is their man.

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  • tifosa
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:24pm

    Truth happens.

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  • bree001
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:24pm

    I don‘t understand why anyone would vote for Obama’s twin. http://www.brendasblog7.com/home-page

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:22pm

    Once in awhile, they slip up and actually tell the truth!

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:29pm

      lol yup.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:31pm

      There is a difference between primary campaigning and federal election campaigning. I believe this is what was being expressed..albeit, clumsily. We can do what the left is trying to do to us..“death by a thousand self inflicted cuts”…or we can get behind the GOP nominee and get on with the business of getting the country working and flourishing..the first step of which is to remove Obama from office.

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Um, that’s called pandering.

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  • Locked
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:20pm

    Shake shake shake…

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  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:17pm

    Way to go bone head. Why oh why do these fools always try to appease the left wing media.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:25pm

      Keep your hands off my ~ R o m n e y C a r e ~

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:25pm

      Admitting what everyone else already knows isn;t appeasing the Left Wing Media. It’s simply being honest.

      The fact is, this is something Conservatives already knew about Romney. How can you tell? What has the main knock on him been since he got the bright idea to run the first time?

      He‘s for everything before he’s against it. He’s the Anti-John Kerry.

      He was a Progressive Moderate in 2002 while running for MA Governor now he’s a “conservative”, then he gave Massachussetts Romneycare now he’s against Obamacare because of the mandate (which he supported waaaay back in 2010), and so on and so on and scooby dooby doo.

      People say he has the best chance of beating Obama, I say he has the best chance of not changing a d@mn thing if he does.

      You want a real change to the road we’re on? Santorum is your guy.

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  • MS-GlenNBC
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:14pm

    Love the truth….. it rarely shows up on the Blaze with regards to Romney

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=8_HX3KR4fXg

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:19pm

      Get lost bigot.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:20pm

      Eric Fehrnstrom reminds me of Jay Carney

      another similarity to Obama….

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:22pm

      @BULLCRAPBUSTER

      Why the name calling?

      Why Bigot?

      Oh… you are a Romney supporter and I must not like Mormons because I don’t like Romney….

      I got it.. Thanks Bull Crap

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:24pm

      LOL, man Mormons love the “bigot” word. Just because Romney sucks and is a Mormon doesnt mean someone is a bigot for pointing out his flip flops and then pointing out the things the Mormons believe. I believe unknowing Americans should know exactly what they are voting for.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:29pm

      @BULLCRAPBUSTER

      You are like an Obama Supporter calling someone a Racist for not liking ObamaCare

      If you don’t like Romney Care you are a Bigot….

      If you don’t like ObamaCare you are a Racist
      If you don’t like RomneyCare you are a Bitot

      Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…… you are my favorite Romney-Aid drinking fool….

      Please post some more….

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:49pm

      i have been shocked over the last few months by all the reverse bigotry that romney supporters spew. i would like to take a poll to see how many of the strong romney supporters are mormon. I bet the majority are – even though they make up a fraction of his support. Doesnt that mean they support him because of his religion? isnt that reverse bigotry?

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    • JustMel71
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:52pm

      @MSGLENNBC
      Pat or as you call him Fat was on the radio today getting a tingle up his leg with a caller who said she wouldn’t vote for Romney and she gave her reason, but Pat said he thinks it‘s for different reasons why the caller wouldn’t support Romney. Pat eluded that the caller didn‘t like him because he’s a Mormon.

      Mindset of current voters: 2008 “because he’s black”
      2012 “because he’s a Mormon”
      Same mindset from followers of Obama and Romney.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:56pm

      @JUSTMEL71

      I can’t stand listening to them… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2sJHeHg_8

      How many links did they cut up from Gingrich and take out of context…

      Andrew Breitbart speaks about Glenn http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=8_HX3KR4fXg

      If you do it my way we get along… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL91uZr857Q

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:59pm

      @ JUSTMEL71

      You know what you will never see or hear on the Glenn Beck Show????

      Mitt Romney…

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:08pm

      @JUSTMEL71

      The Blaze deleted my links…. The truth lives here……

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  • momprayn
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:14pm

    Onward….to a brokered convention !!!!

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:31pm

      I have some friends that will be there.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:00pm

      i really hope so. that is what those establishment republicans are so afraid of. they are like a kid who has been playing in the mud all day and doesnt want to take a bath….

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

    ‘14 Bald-Faced Mitt Romney Flip-Flops That Were Dug Up By John McCain’ – - –

    http://www.businessinsider.com/14-bald-faced-mitt-romney-flip-flops-that-were-dug-up-by-john-mccain-2012-1#

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  • cuinsong
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

    I think one could sat that NObama changed his stripes a few times! As I have said in an earlier post,
    I don‘t know if Romney will make a good president or not but he can’t be any worse and I already know the devil in the WH now is about as bad as it gets!
    This song reflects the lighter side of what one needs to do in order to participate in a game of poker and I use it here as a metaphor about running a business.
    Obviously Romney has done that well and knows the lesson in the song.
    “The Game of Life” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_12524752

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Electing someone who also “changes his stripes” is just as bad. Obama, Bush, Clinton and the presidents before them for the past 80 years or so have all changed their stripes.

      Listen to Bush in 1999.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvf1HU0KHM

      What is funny is that he sounds like Ron Paul, yet Bush wasnt labeled a kook, loon, or crazy. Look I voted for the man twice. We need to change course, we have been sold a lie and its time to correct the mistake.

      One man in this election doesnt “change his stripes” and has the same foreign policy as GWB ran on in 1999.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:53pm

      martinez
      thats because bush was never really a threat for real change. the establishment knows that under a ron paul presidency – the politics would be over and the constitution would be the talk of the town

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  • martinez012577
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:07pm

    No shock here. He has done it all his life. His faith does the same thing. Whatever position can get him advanced farther he will take.

    Romney/Obamacare
    http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2012/03/mitt-romney-pushed-health-care-mandate-for-article/7nc7bRiGDmaomZXWuYpLFO/index.html

    Abortion
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNDsyKnQIes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAqSWoBGBTM&feature=related

    Gun control
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzYTdM9b5F4

    He raised taxes and fees while leading Mass.
    He supports the Patriot act and the NDAA.
    His budget doesnt cut current spending only future increases.
    He is a self proclaimed “progressive”.

    Romney gets crushed by Obama. You clowns that have voted for him and supported have given our country another 4 years if not more with Obama. Thanks!!!!

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:05pm

    Fire this advisor now. In fact, fire all your advisors, Mitt.

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  • TraceyM
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

    After watching this video, all I think he ment was that in the general election campaign the focus is different, of cousre he has to start over as do all candidates after the primary. Romney does have core values and I’m sick of Rick saying he does not.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:07pm

      Yes indeed, core values that change form election to election.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Same exact core values as Obama, why just stick with what we know?

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:19pm

      when taken in entirity, the evidence supports Santorum’s assesment

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    • Chrison
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:22pm

      TRACEYM: Whether he meant it or merely misspoke, the fact remains that a very large percentage of the Republican base do NOT have faith that Romney will follow through on what he says in the campaign should he get elected. What Santorum says has a certain “ring of truth” to it which is why he keeps saying it. Not that Santorum hasn’t changed stances in the past… there isn‘t a politician on the planet who hasn’t… but Romney has a major problem on his hands in convincing the base he can be trusted. That’s why turnout is lower in many states than in 2008, and why Romney barely squeaks by in states where he should be strong.

      The dilemma for Republicans is that the base has more faith/trust in Santorum, but know that he’s weaker with independents than Romney. So, do they pick the candidate who appeals to independents but alienates the base, or pick the candidate who appeals to the base but alienates independents? Or, of course, they could pick one of the other two candidates who don’t seem to have a whole lot of support with anyone except, of course, their die-hard fans.

      NOT a good situation to be in, if you ask me! It sure makes me scared that Obama might just squeak back in, and we ALL know what that means!

      VERY scary!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:23pm

      hahahahaha! uh, yeh.

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    • Chrison
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:26pm

      By the way, folks…

      Core Value #1 for ALL policiticians… GET ELECTED!

      Everything else after that is “optional.”

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Is this one of his core values?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGQDXgzzVk

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    • Hugh Williams
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:56pm

      You are absolutely right! Saying and doing whatever it takes to get what you want is a core value; just not a very good value.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:59pm

    Fehrnstrom really screwed up…he told the truth.

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:46pm

      At least we now know what Romney will do if elected “Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch a Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again.”

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  • JustMel71
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:59pm

    No gaffe, slip of the tongue of true position. Oh well he did it again and I‘m sure there’s more to come. Don’t worry though, Mr. Romney has been selected for us not elected. Yay!

    /sarcasm

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:56pm

    Groan.

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