Romney Campaign Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care

National Journal ^ | Tuesday July 3, 2012 | Josh Kra

[Bigtigermike]

It's becoming clear that Romney has decided to focus on the economy at the expense of everything else, even issues that could play to his political benefit. He's avoided criticizing the administration's handling of the botched Fast and Furious operation, even as it threatens to become a serious vulnerability for the president. He's been silent in responding to Obama's immigration executive order, not wanting to offend receptive Hispanics or appear like a flip-flopper.

He appears more likely to tap a safe, bland running mate like Ohio Sen. Rob Portman or former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty who won't do him any harm but won't benefit him much either. If the economy continues to sputter, that safe strategy might be enough. If not, his options are limited.

In football, there's a well-worn cliché about the prevent defense (a scheme utilized when a team holds a big lead over its opponent): It prevents teams from winning games. In politics, Mitt Romney is testing that proposition as far as he can.

[Kratos]

Super!!!! You get it!!!!!! I’ve been saying this for years.

I will quote you here so everybody gets it!

“I’m completely convinced that the “America’s first black president” experiment is/was a joint effort between the DNC and the GOP, and Obama’s reelection is part of the plan. The “message” they’re trying to convey with this experiment would fail if Obama fails to get a 2’nd term.”

This is exactly the truth.. good job.

[nickcarraway]

Well, Gingrich did his job, preventing anyone else from challenging Romney. I hope the leftwing scum goes bankrupt. How long after that will he come out as a born again progressive., who saw the light?

[Pollster1]

That is a terrible decision. Romney needs to hammer ObamaCare specifically because it will be a huge drag on the economy. Far more important though, and it’s not entirely a surprise, voters need to sweep the liberals out of the US House and the Senate in a landslide that will make 2010 look mild. We need a Congress so conservative that Romney will not be able to sustain any veto of conservative legislation and we won’t need the Supreme Court to protect the Constitution from the Legislative Branch. This is a war between good and evil, and we need every living member of our side to show up on election day.

[freebilly]

“Time to rename the GOP the BOP— Ball-less Old Party...” or keep it “G” and use “Gonads”

Where's the "Like" button when you really need one...?

[af_vet_rr]

I've been talking about Romneys apparent strategy of playing "prevent defense" against Obama even before this writer wrote this and I know there's another saying about 'prevent defense' - it prevents the one leading from actually winning most times

A prevent defense also means that even if you're somehow still leading in the 4th quarter, you usually find yourself having to scramble and do all kinds of crazy crap to try and run the clock out and win. It also puts your opponent in the driver's seat, because it's very easy to force mistakes.