Presidential debate: Will Romney make the ultimate flip-flop? (Horsey Cartoon)
Mitt Romney is going into the second presidential debate with almost everything going for him: fresh momentum, an enthused Republican base, improved polling numbers, his own impressive array of debating skills and an opponent desperate to make people forget his own limp-noodle performance in the first debate.
But Romney could face one very big problem: He has nearly run out of flip-flops.
The man has, of course, made a career out of changing positions on just about every major issue. In the first debate, though, he took it to a serious new level. The primary candidate who described himself as severely conservative was suddenly a reasonable guy who, as president, would do nothing rash. He would not cut taxes for the rich if it would add to the deficit. He would still kill Obamacare, but he'd keep all the good stuff in it that people like. In fact, after a year of barely mentioning he was governor of liberal Taxachusetts, suddenly Mitt was bragging about his governing days in Boston working with Democrats to get things done -- things like Romneycare, Obamacare's twin.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-ultimate-flip-20121015,0,2192597.story
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