He just said that he'll be president of 100% of Americans and his comments were wrong.
If all 47% of non-fed tax paying citizens don't vote for him, as he predicted in his comments, he will lose the biggest landslide in the history of the republic. There are plenty of liberals with jobs who sure as hell ain't voting for him.
We better all hope his comments were wrong.
Mitt Romney is half right trying to back away a little from the comment. While what he was trying to say is correct, he said it in the wrong way by grouping moochers and those who should not have to be on welfare with the disabled, elderly, veterans etc...
Here is how Romney should explain.
Highlight that we can afford to have 20-27% of the country in the wagon with the rest of us pulling, but 47% is too much for everyone else to pull. We need the safety net for those Americans at rock bottom, but we need to motivate people and provide opportunities that challenge them to seek a better life. Our ticket believes in the dignity of a paycheck over a welfare check.
While his wording may have been poor, it was off the cuff, and in general terms, Americans agree that we cannot sustain almost 50% of the country of government welfare.