I guess we have three symbols available to capture the essence of the Romney campaign so far: A dolphin (Flipper), a chameleon (for changing from blue to red and back again as the moment suits), or a windsock. Just going with the breeze.
Mitt Romney sought to overturn his controversial comment on unions Wednesday, saying he supports Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) “110 percent” in limiting collective bargaining power.
Romney, during a visit to a GOP phone bank in Ohio Tuesday, earned the ire of conservatives when he indicated he would not take a stand on Ohio ballot Issue 2, which seeks to overturn Kasich’s legislation limiting the collective bargaining power of government union workers.
He had taken just such a stand on his facebook page in June, but standing in the midst of a phone bank supporting the initiative on Tuesday, he failed to support it. Today, he’s clearing that all up.
“I fully support Gov. Kasich’s Question 2 in Ohio,” Romney said at a campaign stop in Virginia Wednesday. “I’m sorry if I created any confusion there.”
The measure is struggling in the polls. Perry came out supporting it strongly on Tuesday. Had Romney done so, it might have energized the effort to pass it. Now he’s a day late and showing everyone the flip-flopping Mitt Romney that’s so infuriating.
One word: Posuer.
I must take issue with the Flip-Flopper portrayal.
He was NEVER against it.
What he was doing was as he always does, PLAYING IT SAFE!
Ever since 1994′s Contract with America and his “That’s the House, I’m running for the Senate,” safe stance I’ve noted that he is always taking the Safe route with issues regarding the MSM meme.
Romney has established he’s not a fighter, he’s a weathervane. He has proven adept at managing a liberal mess better than a democrat can, but he has never shown any aptitude for LEADING in a different direction.
As president he will immediately retreate at the first sign of MSM resistance to any idea that comes across as controversial. (As he did in the RomneyCare debate in Mass.)
Mitt is not a conservative, nor is he a flip flopper (that requires actually taking some kind of stand to begin with), he’s a Play it Safe Squish!
He’s McCain without a war record.
Doesn’t the “natural-born citizen” requirement presuppose a vertebrate? A jellyfish could rightly call Romney “spineless.”
We really ought to give Mittens a break on this; after all, it takes time for his campaign staff to conduct focus groups to find out what his position would be today!
– thinks of the measure pending approval for California’s ballot to repeal the Dills Act?