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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSM: 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#
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)...quickly get negative about it once they found out what he did even 20% of the time.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Um...whatever.
This doesn't sound off-message to me: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11868714-obama-calls-romney-speech-a-cow-pie-of-distortion?lite
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)they're really trying to make some hay out of Booker's Zell Miller moment.
siligut
(12,272 posts)They just don't admit that he is just telling the truth.
siligut
(12,272 posts)How does this work?
theaocp
(4,237 posts)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."