Why Mitt Romney only does Fox News interviews: 5 theories

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. I personally hope he keeps this up

He's got the right-leaning voters pretty well locked down now, at least insofar as he won't need to convince any of them to NOT vote for President Obama. However, while he's busy "preaching to the choir," he won't be speaking to the moderates and indies whom he will need to swing the election in his favor. Additionally, the more time he spends in front of "friendly" right-wing crowds, the more of a right-wing teabagger he will need to become in order to keep the audiences friendly. If he starts moderating (excuse me, shaking that Etch-A-Sketch), the teabaggers will revolt and if he keeps throwing red meat at them, the more his ability to capture the moderates and indies will be diminished. Meanwhile, President Obama will be out there talking to all sorts of crowds- friendly and unfriendly- and he will stand a better chance of winning more votes. Romney also won't be prepared for the decidedly "unfriendly" forum of the Presidential debates- at which point President Obama will be able to thoroughly demolish him. President Obama went into a LOT of "unfriendly" forums (Saddleback, Bill O'Reilly Show) in 2008, which I think ultimately helped make him stronger. Hell, the guy even spoke at a House GOP conference as President in 2010 and made the Republicans there look like a bunch of buffoons! I can't wait to see how he will wail on R.MONEY- he won't know what hit him!