2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNow they have a backstory to explain why Romney shiftshaped:
Inside the campaign: The Romney rebellion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82160.html
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For months, Ann Romney and her eldest son, Tagg, were dutifully supportive of the political professionals running Mitt Romneys campaign. All the while, their private frustration was mounting.
Shortly before the first debate, it finally boiled over.
What followed was a family intervention. The candidates family prevailed on Mitt Romney, and the campaign operation, to shake things up dramatically, according to campaign insiders. The family pushed for a new message, putting an emphasis on a softer and more moderate image for the GOP nominee a let Mitt be Mitt approach they believed more accurately reflected the looser, generous and more approachable man they knew.
Chief strategist Stuart Stevens whom the family held responsible for allowing Romneys personal side to be obscured by an anti-Obama economic message has seen his once wide-ranging portfolio fenced in to mainly the debates, and the television advertising that is his primary expertise, according to campaign officials. Tagg Romney, channeling his mothers wishes, is taking a much more active role in how the campaign is run.
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They claim Mitt is now being Mitt. How do we counter the meme that is claimed because it will make Mitt seem as if he is now being real?
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)THIS is Mr Responsibility speaking?
Oh, wait, no, it's HIS WIFE AND SON, not Mitt!
This man can NOT be in the White House of this country.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)on abortion twice in the same day?
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)and blame each son and his wife.
barnabas63
(1,214 posts)They are known to lie, you know!
mucifer
(23,558 posts)Looks like we are stuck with it.
Cha
(297,497 posts)stop lying. Check out the primary debates and this one..they're still motor mouth lies. the LYing Romneys can Lie, too..and they do.
Alekei_Firebird
(320 posts)How on earth is this supposed to make their campaign look good?
Romney's ideology: "Cuz my son told me so!"
Astazia
(262 posts)on saying it was a mistake to end war in Iraq. (he said the Iraq thing yesterday) Lastly you can't make that high pitch whine voice on the stomp attractive IMHO
MzShellG
(1,047 posts)And we still don't know who Mitt Romney is. He doesn't even know. Appalling.
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)flamingdem
(39,316 posts)pfft
MzShellG
(1,047 posts)They are pulling the wool over everyones eyes & we can't let them get away with this crap.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)Is now limited to his "primary expertise" -- tv ads and the debates.
And I'm Ann Romney and I approved this message.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,426 posts)and there's another "family intervention"?
People might want to stop and think about that for a second............
xfundy
(5,105 posts)Did he catch the Palin disease, or was he patient zero?
renate
(13,776 posts)He will just look even more weak and pathetic than he already does. What kind of president would he be if he let his advisers tell him what to believe?
I think a "let Mitt be Mitt" slogan would be pretty easy to switch around into yet another "Mitt vs. Mitt" campaign ad for the Democrats.