Posted at 10:09 am on September 17, 2012 by Jesse M.
(2) The Romney campaign has a messaging problem because it has a policy problem.
(3) The policy problem is that the Romney campaign offers nothing but bad news to hardpressed Americans and the broader middle class.
(4) How do you message: I'm doing away w Medicaid over the next 10 yrs, Medicare after that, to finance a cut in the top rate of tax to 28%?
(5) I don't care if you hire the people who produce the ATT ads that make my wife cry, there's no lipsticking that pig.
(7) Over course of campaign, Romney has changed from a pragmatic, capable manager into a dog-whistling culture warrior.
(8) Candidate cd have and shd have resisted that pressure – but it's rich for ppl who demanded the change to complain about consequences.
@davidfrum Right, because a much better message wd be: Don't touch Medicare/caid or the anti-growth tax-code because status quo is great.
In any case, Romney is not proposing to end Medicare. In truth, he and his running mate Paul Ryan are trying to save the program.
But, hey, Frum is just trying to help Romney. Or is he?
It's cute that @davidfrum pretends to have Mitt Romney's best interests in mind when he tweets.
Update: If Romney's campaign is so awful, why does the latest Rasmussen poll show Romney ahead of Obama by 2 points?