Priebus: GOP Missteps Are ‘Small Brush Fires’
Priebus: GOP Missteps Are ‘Small Brush Fires’ Political Ticker Blogs
“You want people to be disciplined, and obviously if people misspeak and they cause, for no apparent reason, small brush fires on their own, that’s a distraction. But, overall, this is still an election about the economy,” Priebus told CNN’s Candy Crowley on “State of the Union” on Sunday.
Do these gaffes tarnish the image of the GOP?
‘I don’t think any party has a monopoly on gaffes,’ said Priebus. ‘I mean, clearly people running for office misspeak and make mistakes. I think the reality is, Candy, overwhelmingly, I promise you, people out there are not talking about what Richard Mourdock said.’
Asked if the recent missteps have the potential to ‘trickle up’ to the top of the ticket to affect Romney’s chances of winning the White House, Priebus demurred, insisting that the two major issues of the election are the economy and the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of four Americans.