Mitt Romney abruptly shifts strategy

[TroyD]

9/17/12 6:21 AM EDT

Mitt Romney, sensing an opening in the Middle East mess and catching flak from conservatives for giving too little detail about his policy plans, is rolling out a new and broader strategy to make the election a referendum on “status quo versus change,” chief strategist Stuart Stevens told POLITICO.

The shift, which is to include much more emphasis on Romney’s policy prescriptions, means he is scrapping the most basic precept of his campaign. From the time he began contemplating running again after his loss in the 2008 primaries, Romney’s theory of the case has been a relentless and nearly exclusive focus on the listless economy.

But with polls showing Obama for the first time moving clearly ahead in important swing states— most notably, Ohio—Romney advisers concluded they had to make a painful course correction.

Stevens said the economy is likely to remain “the dominant focus” of the campaign. But ads and speeches will focus on a wider array of issues, including foreign policy, the threat from China, debt and the tone in Washington.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81283.html#ixzz26k0qJU7o

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Yes, let's hear about what he proposes in terms of "change"

[tanyev]

2. Don't forget about the Soviet Union!

[lunatica]

3. Sure to cement his already slippery slidey slopey thingy

Another painful etch-a-sketch flip-flop.

Has anyone kept count of his change in tactics roll outs?

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. "Mitt Romney abruptly shifts strategy" -- demonstrating once again that he doesn't

know the difference between productive change and panic (panic is, after all, a kind of change of state), and that he's not fit to hold the rudder of the ship of state.

[CanonRay]

5. They're desperate to get something to stick to the wall

This should be good...

[TroyD]

7. We should beware though

The Republicans can be ruthless.

Don't take your eye off them for a second.

[liberal N proud]

6. Headline reads: Romney Takes Still Another Position on Everything!

Flip - flop

[progressivebydesign]

12. Could have sworn that "Status Quo vs Change" was the theme last month.

I get so confused...

[GeorgeGist]

8. Shake not Shift.

[qazplm]

9. you dont change your strategy

if you think you are winning or even tied.

[Doctor Jack]

10. Starting from a scratch a few weeks before an election?

I'm sure that will end well.

I think the number 1 constant in politics is that "going bold" or "shaking things up" fails about 99.9% of the time. If their A Strategy, which they probably developed over a year or two didn't work, I highly doubt Plan B, something developed by tired and stressed out people over a chaotic weekend, will suddenly bring it all togeather.

Some people (the media) will act like we need time to see if this will work. Let's save some time right now, it aint gonna work. All we need to do now is sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy the implosion of Mitt Romney.

[progressivebydesign]

11. Again??

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