Romney's Panic Attack

Republican candidate Mitt Romney told Chuck Todd of NBC on Thursday that he was upset by the attacks of President Obama's campaign on him. He now wants "an agreement" that both campaigns refrain from "attacks on business or family or taxes or things of that nature." What planet does Mitt Romney live on? This is a presidential campaign, not an academic discussion among college students where everybody genially exchanges views for their intellectual advancement.

This is a contest that will decide who will be on the Supreme Court, whether Obama's health care plan survives, whether we are going to revert to the George W. Bush economic policies, if we will start new wars overseas, how much in tax reductions the 1% of the U.S. population will receive, etc. These are real issues. Does Romney expect that the Democrats are going to unilaterally disarm and withhold their differences and hold his hand and just discuss their distinct visions in a cordial and friendly way? No. This is a fight over power, over who will control the direction of the country for the next four years. This is serious business. From this interview, Romney is starting to sound pathetic, that he can't measure up to the criticism that inevitably happens in a presidential race. Apparently he is growing spooked by his slow slide in the polls, his gradual loss in competitive position in key electoral states, and his increasing unpopularity among voters.

Now seemingly he wants to be treated gently by his opponent. He appears to be pleading to President Obama to pat him on the back and say, "That's OK, Mitt, we can agree to disagree, no hard feelings." This is the same Romney, by the way, who gave no quarter to his foes during the Republican primary campaign. Now he is in a panic, saying "enough... enough." His plea for an "agreement" with Obama is a way to save himself from himself and is publicly humiliating.

 

 

 

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[Nadine B. Hack]

06:09 AM on 08/12/2012

Stephen - his choice of Paul Ryan sets up an extremely stark ideological difference between the two parties and, if the media (or the campaigns' respective ads as well as those of related super pacs) cover anything ideological (v horse-race stuff) voters will have info for an informed choice on the direction the US will move in during the next four years. Hope you've been well (and happy birthday later this week!) All the best, - Nadine

[Rascals Veda]

06:41 PM on 08/11/2012

This is actually an important story. It suggests a backbone of cooked fettucine. I wish it would get more play out there in medialand.

[ThePeoriaKid]

02:38 PM on 08/11/2012

"M-o-o-o-o-mmmmmm !! Barack is hitting meeeeeeeee !!

Make him stop !!"

What a woos...

[marignymitch]

02:01 PM on 08/11/2012

It's second nature for Democrats to unilaterally disarm. I understand Romney's shock.

[Enock Zamora]

01:56 PM on 08/11/2012

Romney like most of his kind do not like to be asked question's but just want their cake and eat it also as they try to rob this country blind. We have heard it before like 'left wing extremist' or 'Communist mentality' 'elitist' etc.... The truth is that now they have to wallow in their mire.....as the big guy upstairs is laughing his a** off.... as the rest of us should be doing.

[smurrayesq]

01:50 PM on 08/11/2012

Romney reminds me of the kid who kicks his big brother when no one is looking, then when the brother hits back begins yelling for his mother crying that the big brother is picking on him. The Republicans have done their best to deligitimatize the President, and therefore the Office of the President, ever since Obama was sworn in. They are stunned that someone is actually fighting back.
Romney's entire primary campaign consisted of relentless character assaults on his opponents. It's about time that the Democrats start fighting back.

[TooLooze]

01:05 PM on 08/11/2012

The silver spoon crowd aren't used to being disagreed with and not being able to be bought out.

[Schalaine]

11:34 AM on 08/11/2012

This interview made Romney look weak. The Ryan pick shows how panicked he truly is. This choice for VP gives his presidency to the far right and they will control his agenda. I find that appalling...and scary. President Obama must win this election.

[needlewoman]

11:09 AM on 08/11/2012

Ha! IMHO, Obama has been extremely genteel and restrained in what his campaign has said about Mitt Romney personally. The rest of America, observing Romney, and not being committed to 'manners' have been calling Romney out for everything from his personal history of bullying, cruelty to animals, greed at the expense of his own workers, etc. If Romney doesn't like it, that his past actions and words are recalled and define who he is for the public,....he should either have acted and spoken differently.....or he could have chosen NOT TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
When a governor has all of his administrative personnel buy the hard drives of the computers they used working for him, AND WIPE THEM......and then when he refuses to make public his financial statements/tax records.....it is the intelligent conclusion that he regularly does things that he wants to hide. ROMNEY, THE OPAQUE, the opposite of transparency, but he calls observations of what he has actually done "personal attacks." Now if he actually had great achievements to his credit, he would not be objecting to people discussing them.

[Rosalee Harris]

10:59 AM on 08/11/2012

Its like Mitt doesnt get how serious this election is he thinks its a joke that it doesnt affect people's lives in fundamental ways. He is the one who brought up his business experience at Bain as the reason for being President and now he doesnt want to talk about it. He doesnt think we should be talking about his business experience or tax records cause they have nothing to do with the election. Is he for real? This guy is a joke his campaign is a joke

[llaz927]

10:58 AM on 08/11/2012

Please, give me a break. It's okay when the republicans do it, but not the democrats? It's about time the democrats got tough and gave the GOP a taste of their own medicine. The GOP has been doing this for years and getting a free pass.

[den1953]

10:41 AM on 08/11/2012

Mitt Romney is expecting to use his money to buy off bad news about his past like he did in the primaries, the problem with his plan ,unlike those fellow Republicans he ran against in the primaries the President doesn't need to coddle up to the GOP like Romney's Republican challengers. Romney is used to throwing money at any potential problems that may arise to buy his way out, unlike poor people politics is all in and the results are final!

[Nomccain]

10:40 AM on 08/11/2012

I hope Ryan vetted Romney, because when somebody discovers Romney's tax returns and business dealings, and they will, they're going to disgust American voters as they should.

[Nomccain]

10:38 AM on 08/11/2012

Ryan's roadmap is the destruction of the middle class in America and continued outsourcing of American jobs while he robs the middle class, destroys workers rights, repeals health care reform and turns it back over to the greedy health insurance companies, and further gifts the bloated military and the rich. This team of Romney/Ryan will result in another great depression and those who vote them in will have to live through it. I guarantee you if they win, after four years, if we survive, people will throw them all out and it will take them another 50 years to become relevant again just like it was following the great depression. However, there's no bets that we could survive another depression. Voting for these elitists is too big of a chance for me to take.