Bloomberg's Josh Barro says the video tape is an "utter disaster" for Romney.
Romney already has trouble relating to the public and convincing people he cares about them. Now, he's been caught on video saying that nearly half the country consists of hopeless losers.
Romney has been vigorously denying President Obama's claims that his tax plan would raise taxes on the middle class. Now, he's been caught on video suggesting that low- and middle-income Americans are undertaxed.
That's not all. Mr. Media Training says there are five reasons why the video hurts Romney:
1. Some of his support surely comes from people who don't pay income taxes—a group he is now at risk of alienating.
2. It undermines his pitch that he, more than President Obama, is well-positioned to care for the middle class.
3. It will encourage other discouraged conservatives to question the effectiveness of his campaign (some conservative stalwarts have publicly castigated his campaign over the past few days), and will extend the "Romney can't win" storyline.
4. The very nature of the covertly recorded video will support the narrative that he speaks one way in private and another way in public.
5. He appears to be saying that he disagrees that people should be entitled to "food," and that he doesn't worry about people who can't earn it for themselves.
You can get a hint how damaging the Romney campaign thinks the tape is. Presidential candidates don't call a press conference at 10pm on a Monday unless something truly serious happens.
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These are not the Democrats I grew up with, and I doubt few if any of the real Democrats, if there are any left agree with them.
We as a nation are bankrupt, fiscally and on the progressive side morally, unless we get our house in order and kick obama and the democrats out of office we will reap the wind.
God Bless America and Romney
Let me see if I understand you:
A: mitt romney gets caught red-handed spewing untrue, vile rhetoric behind closed doors, to ultra-rich backers.
B: It is undeniable, as it was videotaped.
C: You think there is a "progressive left wing establishment". You think that is a thing. A real thing. That actually exists.
D: You think a nation that can print it's own
money can also somehow go bankrupt. This is an intractable conundrum for your belief system. Any philosophy with even 1 such intractable conundrum is a completely invalid philosophy.
E: "God Bless America and Romney". You think such a thing as a magic, physics violating god is real.
F: You would like such a magic god to give magic, physics violating help to a rich snob, rather than wishing said god to help the struggling poor & needy directly.