Must be Tuesday

Mitt Romney's campaign is imploding again; must be Tuesday.

Let's try to keep this in order.

On Monday morning, I was told that we were about to meet the NEW, new Mitt Romney.  Not to be confused with the confused over-talking weird Mitt from the week before.  Oh no!  This was a man who had seen things, been places, and over-shared about what he wears to bed.  This Mitt was going back to the original Mitt.  If you can't keep 'em straight, don't worry too much.  Retooling your campaign at this stage of the game made a few people nervous.  This was really his way of saying that he needed to get back to his strong suit.  He needs to return to talking about the economy.  Money.  Getting people back to work!  This is his comfort zone.

Just as the picture was starting to look like a new vision for Mitt, a video surfaced that made the message of the beginning of the day look like a whole lotta wasted effort.  The first thing published from the video was an excerpt that depicted Governor Romney saying this:

“There are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement,”....

Romney also said that Palestine wasn't interested in peace and that as president, he wouldn't pursue that track.  He said Obama made the US look weak in the Middle East.  He said things about China.  He said that 47% of Americans don't pay federal income taxes.  And while his number isn't wrong, setting your sights on the elderly, and extremely low wage earners is not fair.  Of course, that didn't stop him from talking.  Man, he just talked and talked and at the same time dug a hole straight through his campaign.  

When the story broke, you'd think he would back pedal like a crazy man, right?  Well, if you did think that, you've not been following the GOP's top pick for president.  To borrow a phrase from last week, Romney "doubled down" on the comments he made.  He said that they were off the cuff, and unscripted.  Yes, once again, Mr. Romney said something before he could really think it through.



While not from news sites, I really like this source for the stats on who is and isn't paying their federal taxes.