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The latest from Hugh Atkin, the genius responsible for “Song of Mitt’s Self“. Lyrics at the link.
Meanwhile, Erick “Voice of the GOP Gated Community” draws himself up & sticks out his glass jaw:
This is the week when Democrats and the Arab street both erupted in frenzies over otherwise obscure YouTube videos, with our media tripping over itself to provide excuses for both…
The Romney campaign should double down on what he said. They should own it. The trouble for the left and media (but I repeat myself) is that most Americans agree with Mitt Romney. Most Americans consider themselves part of the 53% and it is not a winning proposition for Barack Obama to convince Americans they are less than they think they are when most Americans already recognize he has made them less than they were…
The media will use this as an opportunity to stop covering North Africa, which continues to have negative implications for Barack Obama. In moving the focus to this, Mitt Romney should embrace it. It’s time to have the discussion everyone has been waiting for and now, with terrible economic data and North Africa Mitt Romney has a very simple message to close the sale: leading from behind is failure.
When I pointed out that were the election held today Barack Obama would win. And he would win because Mitt Romney has a muddled messaging mess. For pointing that out and suggesting that if he fixes it he could win, I was called a “liberal flack” an “Obama collaborator” and Twitchy called me a hand wringer lumping me in with liberals David Frum and Ezra Klein. It is to be expected. But I stand by the point. Now, Mitt Romney has the perfect opportunity to focus his message like a laser and close the sale.
Was it over, when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? I certainly hope that the Romney campaign takes the astute policycraft of Mr. Erickson to heart, because the only ingredient this slapstick comedy has been missing so far is a media-seeking fat guy with an inflated sense of his own importance to serve as a pie target.
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