Romney looks to steady shaky campaign

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLES

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney faced the task of getting his campaign back on track Tuesday after a hidden camera caught him off guard, while President Barack Obama was kicking back in New York on David Letterman's couch and at a fundraiser with Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

Romney plans no apology for stating that nearly half of Americans "believe that they are victims." Instead, he is expected to respond to questions about the statement by reinforcing the message he delivered at a hastily called news conference Monday night, in which he said Obama favors "a government-centered society" with people dependent on public support.

Romney advisers concede the video came at a bad time - seven weeks before Election Day and with early voting beginning in two dozen states by this weekend. They acknowledge the remarks may dominate news coverage for days but dispute the notion that Romney's comments could fundamentally change the election.

The unscripted moment was reminiscent of the 2008 campaign, when Obama was caught telling the wealthy wing of his party at a private fundraiser in San Francisco that some residents of depressed rural areas get bitter and "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them."

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120918/DA1C87A80.html

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters about the secretly taped video from one of his campaign fundraising events in Costa Mesa, Calif., Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[Happyhippychick]

1. Isn't this what he has done constantly? Try to get a message out while controlling damage?

Worst. Candidate. Ever.

[jsr]

3. Steady as she goes

[VWolf]

4. LMAO! Perfect graphic. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

5. Robot Mitt needs a Reboot

or maybe a whole new operating system

[Iliyah]

6. I saw on CNN this morning that Mittens was telling

the truth about 47%. CNN Costello told the women who was showing the graphic details that Mittens SAID THE 47% PAID NO TAXES, and the women said ok you are right he did say that. So now you see the corporate media will confuse and try and turn Mittens quote into something else. A huge portion of the 47% are the GOP base.

[WestWisconsinDem]

8. right... how about the "and think they're victims" part of Mittens' ramble? n/t

[WestWisconsinDem]

7. two things come to mind looking at that picture:

One: the unmistakable "I'm fucked" frown

Two: Are the pubbies ever going to stop wearing those dumbass Wal-mart flag lapel pins?

[Arugula Latte]

11. They're Out-Americaning the lazy mooching freeloaders

with their China-made flag pins!

[AllyCat]

9. Off guard? Is that what they are calling it?

If one has to guard sentiments like that, one ought not to be in any way connected with the lives of people barely scraping by.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Shittens can't remove the stink from a turd

There's no way to apologize for or Etch-A-Sketch or rephrase this attack on half the American people. Everyone including Mitt himself knows they heard the true Romney on that tape, maybe for the first time in this campaign.

[itssimplestupid]

12. Man What A Catastrophic Failure

Country club Republican talk comes home to roost.

http://republicansareadisease.com/?p=52870

I guess a bunch of millionaires are included in Romney's welfare queens.

[marble falls]

13. Looks to steady campaign or wishes to? Only two shortcomings in the GOP campaign...

Romney and Ryan. But I am glad they are half the choice. Obama by 60/40 and a Democratic House, pick up at least one Senate seat.

[6000eliot]

14. Aren't they comparing something the president said in the primaries

to something Romney said in the general election campaign? On this basis, how can anyone know what the damage will be?

[judesedit]

15. This man is off balance.He can barely handle this stress level, let alone an international incident

He blows. Talk about entitlement. He thinks his elitist, narcissistic ass is actually capable of winning a presidential election. He looks like he slept in his clothes in this picture. Get lost, Nitwit Rob-me. Go Obama!

[treestar]

16. Look at the last paragraph in the post

As a news article, they have no business editorializing. President Obama was empathetic in that speech. Rmoney just called most us of lazy. That is a false equivalence.

And of course he does not apologize! What a jerk. He should have.