“I suppose you have some evidence to back that up?”
“Mitt Romney is the fastest-talking Presidential candidate I have ever seen. He dashes through his stump speech like a racehorse in full gallop — he even looks a bit equine — his feet barely touching the ground as he skims the surface of issues. He conveys a sense of power and fluency — and fun. He has a self-deprecating sense of humor and uses it to good effect. But his speed of delivery also has an element of sleight of hand. He moves so quickly, it’s often hard to notice that there’s not much nutrition being offered and much that is being avoided.”
—Joe Klein
Time Magazine
May 31, 2007
“Romney, on the other hand, is the closest thing the G.O.P. has to a front-runner, and he is even more hollow than Santorum. Indeed, his appearance at CPAC on the morning of Friday, Feb. 11, was entirely consistent with his public image as an otherworldly visitor from an Aqua Velva commercial circa 1985.”
—Frank Rich
NY Times
February 19, 2011
“Romney’s past is more a working class zero.”
—Josh Kosman
NY Post
February 20, 2011