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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:37 PM Feb 2012

Romney has acknowledged that gaffes have hurt his campaiagn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/28/michigan-arizona-romney-santorum-live

He conceded that it was a mistake to refer to his wife's two Cadillacs. But he also managed to enrage some Republicans with another off-the-cuff remark during his press conference, saying: "It is very easy to excite the base with incendiary comments... I am not willing to light my hair on fire to get support." The remark implied that he wouldn't try to appeal to conservatives.

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Romney has acknowledged that gaffes have hurt his campaiagn (Original Post) steve2470 Feb 2012 OP
Ah Mitt, DearAbby Feb 2012 #1

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
1. Ah Mitt,
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:39 PM
Feb 2012

you are willing to do and say anything to get the nomination except to light your hair on fire? Oh ye of little ambition. Get a job.

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