Romney Unscripted is the Real Romney - or not
With Rich Donors, a More Candid Romney Emerges
The clearest thing to emerge from the secret video taping of Mitt Romney’s talk to his donors is that there really are multiple Romneys - there’s the realpolitik faux populist willing to say or take almost any position over the years to gain elected office, then there’s the Romney who emerges when he talks to the rich who he is clearly more comfortable with. Which is the real Romney? I would argue that there isn’t one. I think whoever is managing his campaign at the moment controls who and what Romney is. And what if he were elected? Who controls Romney would most likely be those people in that room in Boca Raton. I say that because his 47 percent statement was the clearest rationalization the GOP has for ignoring the wants, needs, and social directions of America’s large majorities and kowtowing to narrow special conservative interests. It’s exactly why the GOP controlled congress feels that they accomplished something by doing nothing, and why they feel comfortable blocking many pieces of legislation that had clear majorities. When you elect the GOP you are electing special interests.
In Palm Beach, Fla., he walked contributors through a list of the federal agencies he planned to shut down or combine, a level of specificity he had not offered to voters.
At a fund-raiser in Wilson, Wyo., he heaped praise on former Vice President Dick Cheney, aligning himself with an unpopular Republican presidency in a way he is loath to do in public.