Romney shakes up the strategy, tones down rhetoric

Yahoo ^ | Saturday April 28, 2012

[Bigtigermike]

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney's Etch A Sketch moment is at hand.

Now that he's the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Romney is shifting away from the "red-meat" issues of abortion and immigration and instead holding more events highlighting his appeal as a regular guy.

He will favor more intimate settings, like the Ohio classroom, and a schedule that calls for fewer public appearances as the campaign hopes to show a softer side of the former Massachusetts governor who struggles at times to connect with average Americans. That's a dramatic difference from Obama, who feeds on large crowds and has scheduled his first formal campaign rallies for May 5.

While the Republican presidential contest has been raging for more than a year, the Romney campaign concedes that most general election voters haven't yet paid close attention. The campaign now sees an opportunity to reintroduce their candidate to the independents and moderate voters — Hispanics and younger voters, among them

[CountryClassSF]

Memo to the liberal media: Romney never gave conservatives any red meat to begin with.

[BerryDingle]

Romney never gave conservatives any red meat to begin with.

He can't. He's a liberal being paid by both sides of every special interest (red meat) issue. He reminds me of John f'ing Kerry. One thing we can definitely count on, he will not reverse any of Obama's damage, nor will our current problems be addressed.

[conservative98]

[Tennessee Nana]

So which moonlights for the other ???

The hair is a dead giveaway...

Its the same guy...