2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum“I’ve now had a little conversation with people from the campaign and they are concerned"
A week ago, Obama announced that the Department of Homeland Security was halting deportations for up to 1.4 million young undocumented immigrants. Since that time, Mitt Romney has been repeatedly asked whether, if elected, he would undo Obamas directive or leave it in place. Romney has steadfastly refused to answer.
But Ray Walser, a co-chair of Mitt Romneys campaign for issues pertaining to Latin America, finally spilled the beans:
Mr Walser, told The Daily Telegraph: My anticipation is that he would probably rescind this directive were he to be elected in November.
Mr Walser, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation and veteran US diplomat, said such a decision would be in line with the very tough stance taken on illegal migration by Mr Romney so far.
After Walsers comments to The Daily Telegraph, the reporter followed up with the Romney campaign. It refused to repond to his inquiry. But Walser got back in touch with the reporter and begged not to be quoted: Ive now had a little conversation with people from the campaign and they are concerned
They would really prefer that if youre going to quote the Romney position, you get it from someone other than me.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/22/504821/romney-campaign-co-chair-romney-would-recind-obama-immigration-directive/
I predict the whole campaign goes like this. Got to keep those teabaggers happy!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,843 posts)But it will come at the expense of not pleasing the rest of the country.
sinkingfeeling
(51,501 posts)what primary-Mitt or general-election-Mitt would do.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)a secret he'll only reveal if we elect him.
LiberalFighter
(51,403 posts)Even then, it will only be revealed when you are ruling your own planet.
TBF
(32,160 posts)and see what it says
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)Campaigning and governing have a few things in common (lots of speechmaking, for instance), but one key indicator of how well, or badly, a candidate might govern is his ability to run his campaign staff. So every time you point out screw-ups in the campaign, confusion amongst the staff, contradictions from one staffer to the next, any sort of campaign incompetence, you are really telling voters, "Hey, if this guy can't run his campaign any better than this, how's he gonna run the country?" This is very effective.
mlevans
(843 posts)It makes no difference whether such a move would be in line with the stance Mitt has taken so far. He is the quintessential weathercock.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)people as inept as Mr. Walser can become a Veteran US diplomat.
ailsagirl
(22,912 posts)What concerns me is that we still have months to go before the election-- and it's already so (if you'll excuse the expression) fast and furious. Will it keep escalating? Obama needs to continue to keep a cool head (which he does naturally), but it's the other side I worry about because they're frenzied fanatics with, apparently, no boundaries.
I hate to ask this but just how far will they go to see to it that Obama doesn't serve a second term?
USCampaignSigns
(2 posts)I see this as a direct mail piece to Hispanic D's in the I4 corridor. Will be effective against Romeny.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)FSogol
(45,599 posts)Just saying.