Romney campaign faces distractions

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They pointed to the decision not to aggressively combat the slew of television ads that the Obama campaign aired over the summer characterizing Romney as a ruthless technocrat who shipped jobs overseas during his time at Bain Capital and who has mysterious foreign investments. They also said the candidate’s overseas trip in July, which some top advisers urged him not to take, turned into such a mess that it jeopardized his credentials.
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Furthermore, supporters said the Republican National Convention was a missed opportunity because Romney did not lay out a clear policy-driven vision and because the lauded biographical video was scrapped from prime time in favor of Clint Eastwood’s performance, which featured an empty chair.
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I am personally relieved to see the campaign taking the high road and avoiding the negative ad battle. I always prefer to hear a candidates plans for the future and solutions as opposed to blame and pointing out known problems. The problem lies in the ability and/or willingness to follow through on the campaign promises.

I seem to be in the minority as I rather enjoyed Clint Eastwood’s speech. I think it received the backlash as many people were wanting and expecting a more serious look at the campaigns vision. I found it somewhat entertaining and I think it went much further in generating publicity. Sadly, the majority are less often interested in the facts and much more respondent to the drama.
 
Garry_Jamison said:
I am personally relieved to see the campaign taking the high road and avoiding the negative ad battle. I always prefer to hear a candidates plans for the future and solutions as opposed to blame and pointing out known problems. The problem lies in the ability and/or willingness to follow through on the campaign promises.

I seem to be in the minority as I rather enjoyed Clint Eastwood’s speech. I think it received the backlash as many people were wanting and expecting a more serious look at the campaigns vision. I found it somewhat entertaining and I think it went much further in generating publicity. Sadly, the majority are less often interested in the facts and much more respondent to the drama.
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There were facts in Clint Eastwood’s speech? I must have missed those - all I remember is the drama of the empty chair…😃
 
seekerz said:
There were facts in Clint Eastwood’s speech? I must have missed those - all I remember is the drama of the empty chair…😃
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No, that’s what I meant. The majority was far more interested in Clint’s opinions than they would have been interested in hearing someone present facts and plans. The Eastwood antics created far more publicity (good and bad) than Romney talking about the campaigns vision would have. 😉
 
Garry_Jamison said:
No, that’s what I meant. The majority was far more interested in Clint’s opinions than they would have been interested in hearing someone present facts and plans. The Eastwood antics created far more publicity (good and bad) than Romney talking about the campaigns vision would have. 😉
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The problem is that Romney and Ryan have presented very few facts and plans. They seem to think that attacking Obama’s policies and performance is enough to win the election without presenting their own policies in any detail. Romney apparently believes that American’s wouldn’t vote for him if they really knew what he intended to do as President.
 
Alan55 said:
The problem is that Romney and Ryan have presented very few facts and plans. They seem to think that attacking Obama’s policies and performance is enough to win the election without presenting their own policies in any detail. Romney apparently believes that American’s wouldn’t vote for him if they really knew what he intended to do as President.
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I’ve provided links to the facts and plans several times. Just because you and others choose to ignore them doesn’t mean they haven’t been presented. Your claim is without any merit.

Of course, his full plan has only been available for a year, and I realize it takes liberals a while to catch up: mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2011/09/believe-america-mitt-romneys-plan-jobs-and-economic-growth
 
Alan55 said:
Romney apparently believes that Americans wouldn’t vote for him if they really knew what he intended to do as President.
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If that is what Romney believes, I think he’s right.
 
i noticed that the article you referenced is from the Washington Post. aren’t they as biased as the New York Times?

of course, the Obama administration had major blunders last week with what happened in Benghazi so they would want to focus attention on Romney anyway they can to take the spotlight off the failures of the State Department and the Obama administration.
 
Alan55 said:
The problem is that Romney and Ryan have presented very few facts and plans. They seem to think that attacking Obama’s policies and performance is enough to win the election without presenting their own policies in any detail. Romney apparently believes that American’s wouldn’t vote for him if they really knew what he intended to do as President.
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While at the same time Obama has present no facts or plans while asking the American people to ignore his first term in office.
 
The Eastwood and the Chair was a terrible idea. It may have been entertaining but the point is when the country is bad way and people are suffering and you are running to be selected for government you need to be serious and lay out a clear plan and why you’d be better in office than the incumbant. That most people remember the Republican Party congress being a Hollywood star having a weird conversation with an empty chair does not exactly make them more likely to want the Republicans in government.
 
Sana said:
The Eastwood and the Chair was a terrible idea. It may have been entertaining but the point is when the country is bad way and people are suffering and you are running to be selected for government you need to be serious and lay out a clear plan and why you’d be better in office than the incumbant. That most people remember the Republican Party congress being a Hollywood star having a weird conversation with an empty chair does not exactly make them more likely to want the Republicans in government.
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and obama appearing on david letterman and attending fundraisers by beyonce and jay-z and george clooney is okay?
 
7_Sorrows said:
and obama appearing on david letterman and attending fundraisers by beyonce and jay-z and george clooney is okay?
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I live in the Twin Cities. Detroit gave a tax break to the makers of the movie Grand Torino but that movie is really about St. Paul or the Twin Cities and the Hmong and that movie is very realistic. Clint is no ordinary Hollywood icon and I think they said most stars couldn’t do what he did in liberal hollywood but because he’s won 4 (or however many) Oscars, he was able to call his own show. Thank You Clint Eastwood. I’d like to see this new movie too.
 
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