I disagree strongly.
Willard indirectly endorsed Trump's “birtherism” when he embraced not only Trump's endorsement but in promoting Trump as a surrogate, i.e. a man whose opinion he values and whom he is asking others to respect.
Willard's strategy is tactically brilliant and cynical, which is to distance himself personally from Trump's “birtherism” while endorsing Trump as a wise and valued counsel.
Willard is only saying his campaign is not going to directly pursue Barry's ineligibility, but Willard has not denounced Trump's past and recent statements on the merits.
This is driving Barry, Axelrod and Jarrett crazy as all of their surrogates are falling all over themselves to try to get Willard to denounce Trump's statement, but he hasn't, yet!
Further proof they’re all one party.
It’s interesting how both parties keep the deception going that the ‘issue’ is birth place and therefore a non issue. The real issue is, and always has been, is he NBC. Neither party has the guts to take the issue on so they deflect it into something easy to classify as a non issue.
stupid issue for Romney if he can’t prove it..
LLS
Romney better grow a pair of b@11$ or he’s toast.
Romney just needs to keep his mouth shut on this issue or just say “I Don’t Know!” He is not good on his feet and his handlers do not have the ability to put a sock in his mouth.
Reminds me of our former Macca SEN candidate from VA.,
-——Romney dealt a blow to the Birther movement.-——
Good for Myth....The birther movement is a losing issue....in this election
I certainly understand all the ramifactions of the issue and to a certain degree think important for future elections...
Bottomline is Obama is ALREADY POTUS and was voted in by a large majority of voters....the SCOTUS isn’t going to touch it with a 10 ft pole since they are loath to get involved in an issue settled by the American people...
Myth needs to distance himself from the issue so not to let the MSM paint him as fringe...
I agree that Romney should refrain from attacking Obama on the birther issue. Let others do it for him.
But that does NOT mean that it’s his job to DEFEND Obama, or to say that it has no relevance to the campaign. Nonsense. Of course it has relevance that the man in the White House is probably an illegal alien who has twice forged his COLB and constantly lies about his origins and most of the happenings in his life.
If, as seems extremely probable, Obama is not qualified to be President, then that is certainly relevant to the campaign.
The Republican candidate should say that it’s not his job to say where Obama was born. Let Obama address the issue if there are any questions. And leave it at that.
But as many Freepers have observed, Romney only attacks his opponents when they are conservatives. Then as soon as a Democrat appears on the scene, he starts making nice. Much like McCain, only far worse.