Did Romney have an ear piece during debate?

[deminks]

No wonder he sounded sort of a bit smarter than previous buffoon appearances.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_earpiece_redux_Was_Romney_wired_0125.html

Did Mitt Romney have someone whispering sweet nothings in his ear about Ronald Reagan's tax policy during Thursday night's Republican Debate?

That's the question plenty of viewers are asking after the MSNBC broadcast. Moderator Tim Russert asked Romney if he would "do what Ronald Reagan did in 1983" to fix Social Security. Immediately after Russert's question, someone can be heard whispering, "He raised taxes."

It's unclear whether Romney heard the voice, but he quickly answered, "I'm not going to raise taxes."

Romney's campaign and an MSNBC spokesperson did not immediately return RAW STORY's calls requesting clarification on the mysterious voice, but some bloggers are accusing the former Massachusetts Governor of shenanigans.

"Some have speculated that the whisper is a prompt for Russert to add on the rest of the question, "raised taxes," to what Russert said about Reagan, but listen to how incredibly fast the whisper comes after Russert finishes his sentence. Seems mighty fast to have been someone trying to get Russert to finish the question - how does the whisperer know that Russert is done? It sounds much more like a prompt for Mitt," wrote blogger Steward Rhodes.

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Ahhh, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. I like how the "whisper" is already being spun. Heck, a DU newbie posted exactly the same

speculation a while ago.

Hmmm, that's it, a whispered promt to Russert, that's the ticket.

MKJ