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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMedia should ask Romney for policy details, which is campaign says would be "suicidal" to release
Romney advisers confirm it: Were running a `just trust me campaign
By Greg Sargent
I noted here yesterday that Mitt Romney is running a just trust me campaign, in which his lack of specificity and transparency extends far beyond just his tax returns, to his bundlers and to large swaths of his policy proposals. Intriguingly enough, Romney advisers have now come right out and confirmed the thinking behind this strategy.
In a development that Dems are pouncing on right now, Romney advisers spelled it all out in interviews with Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei:
You dont say! Lets step back and survey the overall picture so far.
Romney has broken with recent precedent his father included in refusing to release his tax returns, but he says has paid 13 percent for 10 years. (Just trust me.) Romney has not released the names of his major bundlers, but he wont be beholden to his donors, as Obama has been. (Just trust me.) Romney vows to eliminate the deficit, and promises that his tax plan will be revenue neutral, even though he wont say which loopholes and deductions hed eliminate to pay for deep tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich. (Just trust me.) Romney says he intends to eliminate whole agencies of government, but wont say which ones, except in closed-door meetings with donors, and even then, details are scarce. (All together now: Just trust me.)
Both Romney and Ryan have already confirmed in interviews that they see no need to share details of how his tax cuts would be paid for until after the election, when it all can be worked out with Congress. And when it comes to Romneys vow to eliminate whole agencies and programs, Romney has freely admitted that he wont specify which ones for the explicit reason that so doing would be politically problematic for him.
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By Greg Sargent
I noted here yesterday that Mitt Romney is running a just trust me campaign, in which his lack of specificity and transparency extends far beyond just his tax returns, to his bundlers and to large swaths of his policy proposals. Intriguingly enough, Romney advisers have now come right out and confirmed the thinking behind this strategy.
In a development that Dems are pouncing on right now, Romney advisers spelled it all out in interviews with Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei:
Advisers say the campaign has no plans to pivot from its previous view that diving into details during a general-election race would be suicidal.
The Romney strategy is simple: Hammer away at Obama for proposing cuts to Medicare and promise, in vague, aspirational ways, to protect the program for future retirees but dont get pulled into a public discussion of the most unpopular parts of the Ryan plan.
The nature of running a presidential campaign is that youre communicating direction to the American people, a Romney adviser said. Campaigns that are about specifics, particularly in todays environment, get tripped up.
You dont say! Lets step back and survey the overall picture so far.
Romney has broken with recent precedent his father included in refusing to release his tax returns, but he says has paid 13 percent for 10 years. (Just trust me.) Romney has not released the names of his major bundlers, but he wont be beholden to his donors, as Obama has been. (Just trust me.) Romney vows to eliminate the deficit, and promises that his tax plan will be revenue neutral, even though he wont say which loopholes and deductions hed eliminate to pay for deep tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich. (Just trust me.) Romney says he intends to eliminate whole agencies of government, but wont say which ones, except in closed-door meetings with donors, and even then, details are scarce. (All together now: Just trust me.)
Both Romney and Ryan have already confirmed in interviews that they see no need to share details of how his tax cuts would be paid for until after the election, when it all can be worked out with Congress. And when it comes to Romneys vow to eliminate whole agencies and programs, Romney has freely admitted that he wont specify which ones for the explicit reason that so doing would be politically problematic for him.
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Media should ask Romney for policy details, which is campaign says would be "suicidal" to release (Original Post)
ProSense
Sep 2012
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. New Picture of Romney HQ Released!
The Magistrate
(95,248 posts)2. Exactly, Ma'am, Pig In A Poke
If he says giving details would ruin his campaign, that means the facts of what he intends to do would not garner more than a hand-ful of votes, and leave him on the short end of a land-slide, where the lying vulture deserves to be....
"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."