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Top Romney Advisor confirms he can change his stances
In short, something that irks me with every single political campaign because virtually every candidate does this and winds up infuriating everyone.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/21/448804/eric-fehrnstrom-etch-a-sketch/?mobile=nc
Top Romney Adviser Says Romney Can Change His Positions After The Primaries: ?It?s Almost Like An Etch A Sketch?
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Mar 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
Mitt
Romney can?t be held accountable for his extreme right-wing views, at
least according to his campaign?s senior adviser, who said the candidate
should be given a ?reset button? on any positions he?s taken during the
primary campaign if he wins the nominations and faces off against
President Obama in the fall.
Appearing on CNN this morning, Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom was asked if he?s concerned that Romney may alienate general election voters with some of the hard-right positions he?s taken during the primary to appeal to conservatives. Fehrnstrom brushed this concern off:
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 of over again.
Watch it:
Polls show Romney has lost support among independent voters as the primary campaign has forced him further to the right.
It?s unclear if Fehrnstrom expects people to just forget some of the fairly radical stances Romney has taken on everything from immigration, to contraception, to climate change, or if he expects the candidate to change his positions on those issues in the coming months ? something Romney is certainly known for doing. As Fox commentator Brit Hume said of Romney last year, ?You are only allowed a certain number of flips before people doubt your character.?
