Sunday, August 19, 2007
Romney runs from Bush — a little, carefully, sort of
Great headline from McClatchy. They give us a look at how the Mittster is gently dancing around Our Dear Embattled Leader and trying to make the circles bigger and bigger without any of the Red Meat Republicans noticing until after the primaries.
At the same time, Romney is careful not to offend primary voters who still like Bush, lauding the president, for example, for keeping the country safe. He also agrees with Bush’s overall strategy in Iraq, wants to make Bush’s tax cuts permanent and would preserve most of Bush’s landmark No Child Left Behind education law.Focus grouped as carefully as he is made up and coiffed. And just as substantial.
So just how different is Romney from Bush?
He and his campaign are walking a fine line. They increasingly cast the former Massachusetts governor as someone who will change things gone bad — a message for independents who don’t like the state of the country under Bush. But they also take care not to criticize the incumbent openly — a message aimed at Republicans who still like Bush and who will pick the party’s nominee.
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