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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:04 AM May 2012

MSM: Obama, not Mittens, is the one off message

President Obama, not Mitt Romney, "is the one with the muddled message -- and the one who often comes across as baldly political," Politico reports.

"Obama, not Romney, is the one facing blowback from his own party on the central issue of the campaign so far - Romney's history with Bain Capital. And most remarkably, Obama, not Romney, is the one falling behind in fundraising."

However, First Read points out there is "one big exception to this: Donald Trump. Yesterday, we found out that Romney will attend a fundraiser in Las Vegas on Tuesday with Trump, and the campaign is also pushing a "Dine with Donald Trump and Mitt Romney" competition. This now makes Trump an unmistakable surrogate for the Romney campaign, especially considering his other assistance to Romney (his endorsement, attendance at other fundraisers). And as we've seen in the past, candidates are often forced to own what their surrogates say."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/25/obama_strays_off_message.html#

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MSM: Obama, not Mittens, is the one off message (Original Post) WI_DEM May 2012 OP
I'd double down on the Bain adds, gallup suggest those who KNOW about RobMes expereince at Bain uponit7771 May 2012 #1
for a minute I thought you were calling him "Robespierre" CatWoman May 2012 #6
Politico says. WilliamPitt May 2012 #2
Indeed ibegurpard May 2012 #3
Of course they are going to say Obama is trying to sully Romney siligut May 2012 #4
And black is white, up is down and good is bad siligut May 2012 #5
This utter horseshit is only important if theaocp May 2012 #7

uponit7771

(90,346 posts)
1. I'd double down on the Bain adds, gallup suggest those who KNOW about RobMes expereince at Bain
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:10 AM
May 2012

...quickly get negative about it once they found out what he did even 20% of the time.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
4. Of course they are going to say Obama is trying to sully Romney
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:37 AM
May 2012

They just don't admit that he is just telling the truth.

theaocp

(4,237 posts)
7. This utter horseshit is only important if
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:00 PM
May 2012

Obama's people listen to it and backpeddle. I say: full steam ahead! They're going to call you names, anyway! Wear their badges with pride!

Or, kowtow to the right AGAIN, apologize, deflate your support, and lose to Rmoney. As Jigsaw said, "Make your choice."

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