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Top Romney adviser: Mitt will erase his conservative positions once he’s the nominee
WaPo ^ | 032112 | Greg Sargent

Posted on 03/21/2012 8:42:55 AM PDT by Fred

Think Progress flags an amazing exchange on CNN, in which Eric Fehrnstrom, a top adviser to Mitt Romney, seems to confirm that the conservative positions Romney has been forced to take during the primary won’t be a big deal because he can simply erase them once he becomes the GOP nominee:

HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.

There you have it. Dems, predictably, are pouncing on the remark, arguing that it validates their message that Romney has no core and will say or do anything to get elected.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; elections; ericfehrnstrom; etchasketch; flipflop; fumr; gingrich; gope; gope4romney; newt4romney; romney; romney4gope; romney4soros; romneyadviser; romneyadvisor; romneyantiteaparty; romneytruthfile; soros4romney
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1 posted on 03/21/2012 8:43:05 AM PDT by Fred
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To: Fred

Pretty much every election both Republicans and Democrats run to the edges during the primary and return toward the middle to pick up General Election moderates. Is this really shocking to anyone?


2 posted on 03/21/2012 8:46:07 AM PDT by magritte (Gladys Knight: Mormon Siren?)
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To: magritte

Did Reagan do this?


3 posted on 03/21/2012 8:49:36 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota (Which are you? A producer, a looter, or a moocher of wealth?)
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To: Fred

Which conservative positions are those, exactly?

This man, and those around him, meet the very definition of “hollow men.”


4 posted on 03/21/2012 8:49:39 AM PDT by mojito
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To: Fred
"There you have it. Dems, predictably, are pouncing on the remark, arguing that it validates their message that Romney has no core and will say or do anything to get elected."
5 posted on 03/21/2012 8:49:45 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Fred

FUMR!


6 posted on 03/21/2012 8:49:49 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Fred
Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

Romney's move to the middle will put him somewhere between Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
7 posted on 03/21/2012 8:50:02 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Fred

Projection.


8 posted on 03/21/2012 8:50:13 AM PDT by Joe the Pimpernel (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to slaughter anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Fred

Then he can take a seat next to McCain, Dole on the Moderate Bus Tour to No Where.


9 posted on 03/21/2012 8:52:48 AM PDT by gitmogrunt (Newt 2012)
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To: Fred

Well of course. And yet some “conservatives” persist in the “anyone but Obama” idiocy.

Yeah, just vote Obama into the GOP and you think it’s bad now? Conservatism is D O N E if Romney is nominated and elected. Done.

Santorum 2012


10 posted on 03/21/2012 8:53:26 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Fred
" Dems, predictably, are pouncing on the remark, arguing that it validates their message that Romney has no core and will say or do anything to get elected."

And they would have a point, wouldn't they?

11 posted on 03/21/2012 8:53:31 AM PDT by OKSooner (Never take a known wise-@$$ shooting with you.)
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To: Fred

Their message? That’s EXACTLY what we’ve been saying! He will say ANYTHING to get elected!


12 posted on 03/21/2012 8:54:34 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Obama 2012: Dozens of MSNBC viewers can't be wrong!)
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To: Fred

Check the source. I suspect this is just agitprop.


13 posted on 03/21/2012 8:54:38 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Neo-communist equals Neo-fascist)
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To: Fred
Declaring victory Mitt?
14 posted on 03/21/2012 8:57:12 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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To: Fred
“top adviser to Mitt Romney, seems to confirm that the conservative positions Romney has been forced to take during the primary won’t be a big deal because he can simply erase them once he becomes the GOP nominee”

Gee, do you mean the positions Romney took during the campaign were all phony and he never believed in any of them? I'm shocked. I never would have expected this in a million years.

Other than Ann Coulter I can't think of anyone who is surprised by this.

15 posted on 03/21/2012 8:57:53 AM PDT by detective
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To: Fred

Nixon’s advice was to run back to the center once you get the nomination, not run to the left of your opponent..........


16 posted on 03/21/2012 8:58:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (If the Government can make you buy health insurance, they can make you buy a Volt................)
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To: Fred

What’s sad is that a lot of Freepers even after reading this will still vote for Mitt if he gets the nomination, and rationalize it by thinking anything is better than Obama.


17 posted on 03/21/2012 9:00:45 AM PDT by eak3
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To: Red Badger

Algae Axelrod and Obama will get to the RIGHT of Romney...Myth is such a sucker..


18 posted on 03/21/2012 9:01:34 AM PDT by Fred (http://whenmittromneycametotown.com)
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To: detective

Etch A Sketch the new Flip/Flop

http://twitpic.com/8zducq


19 posted on 03/21/2012 9:03:13 AM PDT by Fred (http://whenmittromneycametotown.com)
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To: LachlanMinnesota

Ronald Reagan? You mean the Real Deal and greatest conservative President since Calvin Coolidge? He ran straight up because he had all the bonafides to do so.

In case you hadn’t noticed, our current crop of candidates suck, one in all, and NONE could carry Reagan’s jockstrap. That’s what we’re dealing with, not the 2 exceptions of the 20th century.


20 posted on 03/21/2012 9:04:11 AM PDT by magritte (Gladys Knight: Mormon Siren?)
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