Son Of A Mitt: Obama Is "Great"
(ACN) Showing that good ol' John McCain fighting spirit, Mitt Romney's son Matt Romney lavished praise on Barack Obama while supposedly stumping for his father in Hawaii on Tuesday.
When asked during a television interview if he considered Barack Obama to be a Christian, the younger Romney answered: “I’m not here to talk about President Obama. I think he is great. I’m here to talk about my dad and what he would bring to the country.”
A Freudian slip? … A brief moment of candor? … Or was the younger Romney taking a page out of his dad's playbook and simply flubbed an attempt to take pandering to the next level? (I had pineapples with my cheesy grits this morning and man-oh-man, they were delicious.)
There is a back-story. Back in December, the younger Romney, when asked if his father would be releasing his tax returns, quipped: "I heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate ... then maybe he'll do it."
After making the statement, Matt sent a tweet to his father which read "My bad." Shortly thereafter, Romney released his tax returns but Barack Obama still refuses to release his college records or his actual birth certificate.
Insiders are speculating that the younger Romney is still smarting over the earlier flub and is simply being cautious not to make derogatory remarks about Obama, but this recent lavishing of praise most certainly does not help Romney, who is battling to convince Republican voters that he is conservative and that one of the things he would not "bring to the country" is a warm and gushy feeling that Obama is "great."
You can almost see it coming. Fast forward to the Obama-Romney Presidential Debates:
Romney: ObamaCare is an abomination. It must be repealed.
Obama: What are you talking about Mitt? We used RomneyCare as the model for our government-mandated health care plan and we brought in your own people to help us craft it.
Romney: President Obama, your presidency has been one huge failure.
Obama: Come on Mitt. Talk to your son Matt. He thinks I'm great.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. While fleeting, the episode reveals deep flaws in the Romney campaign.
A great deal of ink has been spilled as of late criticizing the media for not properly vetting Obama, but there's a lot of blame to go around. The McCain campaign refused to vet Obama and figuratively flinched when outside groups and members of the conservative media attempted to vet Obama.
Romney seems to be using the same playbook. Should Romney secure the nomination and answers all attempts by the voters to vet with Mr. Obama with statements like: ‘I think he's great, but I'm here to talk about what I can bring to the country,’ conservatives may be in for another four years in the cold.
When asked during a television interview if he considered Barack Obama to be a Christian, the younger Romney answered: “I’m not here to talk about President Obama. I think he is great. I’m here to talk about my dad and what he would bring to the country.”
A Freudian slip? … A brief moment of candor? … Or was the younger Romney taking a page out of his dad's playbook and simply flubbed an attempt to take pandering to the next level? (I had pineapples with my cheesy grits this morning and man-oh-man, they were delicious.)
There is a back-story. Back in December, the younger Romney, when asked if his father would be releasing his tax returns, quipped: "I heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate ... then maybe he'll do it."
After making the statement, Matt sent a tweet to his father which read "My bad." Shortly thereafter, Romney released his tax returns but Barack Obama still refuses to release his college records or his actual birth certificate.
Insiders are speculating that the younger Romney is still smarting over the earlier flub and is simply being cautious not to make derogatory remarks about Obama, but this recent lavishing of praise most certainly does not help Romney, who is battling to convince Republican voters that he is conservative and that one of the things he would not "bring to the country" is a warm and gushy feeling that Obama is "great."
You can almost see it coming. Fast forward to the Obama-Romney Presidential Debates:
Romney: ObamaCare is an abomination. It must be repealed.
Obama: What are you talking about Mitt? We used RomneyCare as the model for our government-mandated health care plan and we brought in your own people to help us craft it.
Romney: President Obama, your presidency has been one huge failure.
Obama: Come on Mitt. Talk to your son Matt. He thinks I'm great.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. While fleeting, the episode reveals deep flaws in the Romney campaign.
A great deal of ink has been spilled as of late criticizing the media for not properly vetting Obama, but there's a lot of blame to go around. The McCain campaign refused to vet Obama and figuratively flinched when outside groups and members of the conservative media attempted to vet Obama.
Romney seems to be using the same playbook. Should Romney secure the nomination and answers all attempts by the voters to vet with Mr. Obama with statements like: ‘I think he's great, but I'm here to talk about what I can bring to the country,’ conservatives may be in for another four years in the cold.