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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Statement on Results of Republican Primaries in Alabama, MS
Posted by DNC Press on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 11:13 p.m. ET
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement tonight on the results of the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi:
"Tonight’s results show exactly what we’ve been seeing throughout the race for the Republican nomination: Mitt Romney simply cannot close the deal with Republican primary voters, who handed him losses in both Alabama and Mississippi tonight.
"It wasn’t for a lack of trying on Romney’s part – he had a huge spending advantage over his rivals, which he used to carpet-bomb them with negative ads. He did everything he could to pander to the far right wing of his party with extreme and out-of-touch positions like vowing to get rid of Planned Parenthood, as he did today. Romney even took the unbelievable step of playing to Southern stereotypes by faking a Southern accent, declaring his affinity for grits and using 'y’all' every chance he got.
And even after all this, Mitt Romney could not get the job done. Republican primary voters tonight rejected Romney for the same reason independents have abandoned him in droves: he has no core values and he'll do or say anything to win. With tonight’s double defeat, Mitt Romney saw what has already become a long slog to the GOP nomination become even more difficult."
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http://www.democrats.org/news/press/dnc_chair_debbie_wasserman_schultzs_statement_on_results_of_republican1
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement tonight on the results of the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi:
"Tonight’s results show exactly what we’ve been seeing throughout the race for the Republican nomination: Mitt Romney simply cannot close the deal with Republican primary voters, who handed him losses in both Alabama and Mississippi tonight.
"It wasn’t for a lack of trying on Romney’s part – he had a huge spending advantage over his rivals, which he used to carpet-bomb them with negative ads. He did everything he could to pander to the far right wing of his party with extreme and out-of-touch positions like vowing to get rid of Planned Parenthood, as he did today. Romney even took the unbelievable step of playing to Southern stereotypes by faking a Southern accent, declaring his affinity for grits and using 'y’all' every chance he got.
And even after all this, Mitt Romney could not get the job done. Republican primary voters tonight rejected Romney for the same reason independents have abandoned him in droves: he has no core values and he'll do or say anything to win. With tonight’s double defeat, Mitt Romney saw what has already become a long slog to the GOP nomination become even more difficult."
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http://www.democrats.org/news/press/dnc_chair_debbie_wasserman_schultzs_statement_on_results_of_republican1