Romney Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom says that the general election allows Mitt Romney to press a "reset button" on his issue positions, and that it's "almost like an Etch A Sketch -- you can shake it up and we start all over again." Mitt Romney: Man of consistency?
A top adviser to Mitt Romney today may have committed the biggest verbal gaffe of the 2012 campaign, so far.
Eric Fehrnstrom said Romney's policy positions could easily change in order to appeal to more moderate voters this fall in the general election campaign.
"I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes," he told CNN. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again."
The comment further solidifies the perception that the GOP presidential front-runner is someone who readily changes his positions to accommodate political realities.
When he ran for governor, for example, Romney supported abortion rights. He now says he opposes abortion.
Romney's chief opponents in the primary campaign, including Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, jumped all over it today, both with Etch A Sketchs in hand:
And then Matt Wilstein posted an excellent mock commercial on the Gotcha Media blog, using Romney clips and old Etch A Sketch TV commercials:
And of course, Democrats are loving it.
Ed will be talking about all this tonight on The Ed Show at 8pET on MSNBC with Richard Wolffe, MSNBC Political Analyst.
Bonus: in case you're in the mood, here's an online Etch A Sketch!
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Quick somebody get a dip net Mitt is flip flopping like a fish out of water. He don't know what side he is on with respects to the issues,pro or con.
To late to shake it up and start all over again.....the gop get to keep the bunch they got....Hee, hee.
Lucky democrats have OBAMA.......BACK in the WHITE HOUSE AGAIN
Ahhh = Who Gives A Ratts A$$ !!!!!!!
To me they are all EAS. They all change their views on jobs, taxes, and themselves. The thing they seem to all agree is Obama in the white house and women's privacy and bedroom. Make no mistake If they win the Ryan plan will be a reality. Social Security will be privatize and we will see ourselves paying a CEO to administer it millions of dollars per year instead of the thousands per year we pay now to a civil servant. Of course they want to control that mandated tax. Just like insurance companies now with the auto insurance. At first it will be cheap, now they are a big monopoly. Monopoly does not stop until everyone run out of money and loses their property. Now, that is not capitalism but a monopoly cruel game.
Romney thinks the political tradition
Allows him to take any position...
When his words are beset,
He would just hit "RESET" -
No one'd notice his own contradiction...
Rachel Maddow just revealed - The company that used to make Etch-a-Sketches in Ohio was BOUGHT BY BAIN CAPITAL... They are now made in CHINA!
Mitt Romney lies as easily as he breathes...
EASIER... If he has his way, the air will become TOXIC...
David, I also heard Rachel state that originally the etch-a-sketch factory was located in Mass. until 2003 when they thought the 9.00 an hour wages made by the union workers were killing the company so they moved to China where the workers make 24 cents an hour and work 12 hrs a day, 7 days a week and are given food rations. The good people of etch-a-sketch said they had no say in the matter. Got greed?
You know, etch-a-sketch's can only make square shapes and right angles. Explains the shape of his head and his ideology.
This girl has the same reasoning as a republican candidate......too funny
http://now.msn.com/entertainment/0319-funny-mph-video.aspx
He thinks that's funny now, but over time it's going to wear pretty thin. LOL I give it two years, tops. And yes, she IS dumb enough to be a Republican.
Another day, another gaffe.
He's finally achieved consistency.
You must be talking about Biden
Wow, Maxster! Did you come up with that all by yourself? That's really good.
Why don't you call Rush and tell him what you said? He'll be so proud.
Heck, that's as bad as a "journalist" taking union money and then reporting favorably on unions!
And how do you explain walker?
Mitt stands for nothing, but greed. He will say and do anything to become the GOP nominee. Newt is just plain mean with a proven track record of being run out on a rail. Santorum should run for Pope. Dr Ron Paul stands for no government, but wants to be in it. The entire lot of them is so sorely lacking, even Republicans are disappointed.
I know one person Romney will FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, his campaign manager
no..you don't...
We all know that Trayvon's murder should be at the top of the headlines until JUSTICE is done.
Not to be cold-hearted here, I feel Rush Limbaugh should be # 2. Remember, he is a dumbf--k and blames the Democrats for his stand against Women, and now he is spewing he CRAP again, trying to twist things around to make Zimmerman innocent. And now we even have Gerald Rivers blaming Trayvon, because he was wearing a hoodie. It was raining out, for one. And he didn't put his hoodie on until Zimmerman saw that he was black. First reports were that Zimmerman was White, maybe even Jewish, due to his last name. His parents have cleared that mistake up. He is Mexican. So this isn't White against Black, per se. It is Injustice and Bigotry vs. Justice and Freedom.
mitt Romney is a born liar that his calling not president so mitt stick to your calling the AMERICAN people don't need that they need a truly DIGNITFIED man like PRESIDENT OBAMA
PLEASE sign petition to boycott Florida vacationi8ng until George Zimmerman is arrested. Petition goes to FL Governor Rick Scott.
If Trayvon Martin did attack George Zimmerman broke and bloodied his nose, and the back of his head did Trayvon Martin have any of George's blood on him. Also did the Sanford Police ever think to go knocking on the doors in the gated community determine if Trayvon Martin should have been there. The crime of Trayvon being killed is bad enough but the sloppiness, incompetincy, indifference, and possibly a coverup is worse