Last week, the Wall Street Journal editorial board directed some harsh criticism at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney for his campaign’s lack of direction and miscommunications on the policy front. New York Times columnist David Brooks has some advice for Romney: Lay your cards out on the table, and do it fast.
On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, Brooks said the Romney campaign suffered not from a lack of direction, but instead gun-shyness and a desire to avoid criticism.
“If I were Romney, I would probably err on the side of, ‘I am going to say something unpopular, but this is what I believe,’” Brooks said. “I think his primary challenge right now is to show the country that he actually believes in stuff, [and that] he’s consistent.”
Read more at The Daily Caller. By Jeff Poor.
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What I see happening is a re run of the last Presidential election. Romney appears to think that all he needs to talk about is the economy, and though the economy is a major issue it is just one. There is the issue of 45 obama appointed radical czars working to change America, the 1st ever president to promote hososexuality from the Oval Office, the attack on the Church, the secrecy that has marked his 1st term in office, the broken promise of an open administration and that is just a few. As a voter, I have no access to Mitt Romney, but maybe you can do what we regular people can’t. I Romney blows this one like McCain did he best move out of the country because there will be some very angry Republican, and they are not called Rino’s.
The reason the Republicans didn’t win in 2008 was because of the clown act they presented to the voters. The only people who were going to vote for that side show presentation were one button voters. It was very plain to see that after Lil’ Bush got done screwing everything up they really didn’t want to face what was coming up.
After watching Romney’s body language these past couple of months I’m starting to believe they would just as soon let the D’s keep it this time around also.
Romney stated hisvery first job would be to repeal obamacare, and after hearing him say that, I’m sitting there with my head tilted to one side saying, what!!
Why would he tell us he’s going to repeal BHO’s health plan when it is damn near a carbon copy of the one he’s so proud of? His own “Romneycare. I’m saying to the wife, he’s not going to repeal the ACA. He might repeal the penalty payment wording in the plan but that plan with all its hidden taxes [you know the ones that will filter down to us. I mean com’on man we’re the only ones who really pay taxes], that plan with all its hidden taxes will end up staying just the way it is. Has ANYONE heard Romney say what he intends to replace the ACA with? Doubt we will either.