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LOS ANGELES -- Mitt Romney pushed back against reports of infighting and personality clashes have plagued his campaign, dismissing those reports as a distraction, and signaling that he planned to make no major staff changes.
Jim VandeHei shares details from a Politico article, which suggests infighting within the Romney campaign and details the role of top strategist Stuart Stevens in the campaign.
"I've got a terrific campaign," Romney told Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Balart in an interview to air tonight on "Noticiero." "My senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. I work well with them. Our campaign is doing well."
On Sunday night, the website POLITICO published a report which claimed infighting and mix-ups over responsibilities had led to confusion and discord within the Romney campaign, producing a muddled message and self-inflicted errors, like the failure to mention the war in Afghanistan in Romney's RNC acceptance speech. Much of the blame was laid at the feet of the campaign's senior strategist, Stuart Stevens.
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In the Telemundo interview, Romney said such reports were a distraction from the driving issues of the election, and dismissed a question of whether or not he would make changes to his campaign team.
"Frankly, these process stories really take away from what's really of concern to the American people, which is an unemployment rate stuck above 8 percent, 23 million Americans out of work, millions of Americans now in poverty," Romney said. "These are the concerns people of America have."
Today, the Romney campaign looked to get back on a message of jobs and the economy, with a focus on controlling the national debt, an issue on which Governor Romney's positions poll strongly. The campaign released two new television ads and held a conference call this morning in a more proactive effort to set their message for the week.
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"Our campaign is doing just fine" says Romney.
Yeah right. Never mind what you see and know. Romney and the republicans can't get along with each other and people are supposed to vote for them?
The entire GNOP is in a shambles as they race away from right of center to the extreme right where many of their politicians don't want to go. Sounding like something out of Star Trek? It should. That's about how down to earth the GNOP is.
The middle class is catching on. Based on our current budgets at CBO and the candidates plans, some arithmetic based on 2011 known revenues and spending:
***The only way Romney's arithmetic will balance is if he raises taxes on everyone else (they call that broadening the tax base) or cutting spending by $.47t (out of a discretionary spending of $.5t) which is impossible, or increase our deficits even faster. Mitt has explained this arithmetic difference will come from "growth" (which would mean GDP growth of nearly 8% which is frankly also impossible!):***.
Sources:
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"Who you gonna believe, me or your lying ears/eyes?" -- Mitt "Witt" Romney
Dear Mitt:
Let me give you one piece of advice, stay the source!
Your Friend:
President Barack Obama
I love this you are a genius
Yeah....Mitt.......Suuuuuuurrrreeee it is.
They're "working extraordinarily well together" to throw the race to Obama. GOP is clearing the decks in preparation for 2016 - get rid of the deadwood because it's "their turn" and then come out with their young guns. Every time Mittens opens his mouth he loses another point in the polls.
"I've got a terrific campaign, my senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. I work well with them. Our campaign is doing well." - Mitt Romney
"I've got a terrific crew, my senior officers work extraordinarily well together. I work well with them. Our vessel is unsinkable. Our voyage is going well." - the Captain of the Titanic
The Rombot campaign:
One basket away from the touchdown that will win this baseball match.
Rombot.Has.Nothing.
Romney's statement reminds me of an old Monty Python routine about cannibalism in the British army.
Colonel: "These allegations are absurd, cannibalism has been almost completely eliminated from the British army."
Riiight.
Obama/Biden 2012
I am surprised the 'Robme" campaign has lasted this long considering teabaggers and republicons have nothing else to offer...
Good job Faux Noise...really good work in spreading the lies
Romney: Senior staffers 'work extraordinarily well together'
Isn't this the same thing that Palin said back in 2008?
Mitt, if you have to post a press release about it no they don't. :)
They sure do - best presidential campaign implosion in modern times. Perhaps you could offer them up the next time Vegas is ready to bring down it's next aging hotel.
Wait a minute. Romney is the man we're supposed to vote for because of his managerial skills, right? Yet he can't even manage his own campaign staff. Or, he can't select the right person to delegate that management responsibility to, right? Do we see a problem of epic proportion here????
If I had a manager in a company that couldn't manage a staff of ten, why would I promote him to head an entire division - or the entire company? I wouldn't!
Obama/Biden 2012
If Liberal/Progressive/Communists are so smart, why do they need an all powerful, monolithic Government to hold their hands through every step of life?
Rage - wow! I don't know any Liberal/Progressive/Communists but if I run across any, I'll be sure to ask them for you!
Obama/Biden 2012
At this point how can anyone believe anything ejecting from the GOP orifice?
Translation; They don't play well with others...
I would say if one has to go on the air to tell everyone how well his staff is working together... then it would appear they probably AREN'T....
The more he speaks, the more I tune out... Love the arithmatic above... wish Mitt was as good at math as you are...
I could have sworn I heard they decreed that black was now white. Just after making American the official language of the United States of... :D
TO: SeekingSanity who wrote:
ROFOL (Hilarious!)
Good one!
Obama/Biden 2012
If there is not any infighting or controversy going on in the Romney campaign, there certainly should be. Their campaign, so far, has been one giant cluster F*@K. If he is such a great manager, why isn't he kicking some butt?
I will ask one of your fellow Conservative, Teabilly, Fascists who aren't very smart why they are voting against their best interest by voting for Romney. Unless, of course, they are a 1%er.
Now, now folks, let's be fair: the Robot is still likely to win this election. The Tealiban did ONE thing very well: VOTER SUPPRESSION.
The Tealiban tactics: when your Robot and his lying sidekick fail, you steal the election.
Yeah they work together well... at CHEATING... just ask Ron Paul or anybody who has supported him this election year.
Maybe he should ignore 47% of his staff, and instead concentrate on the 10% in the middle.
Just heard an absolutely terrifying interview on NPR with Jeffrey Toobin, who wrote "The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court".
He said that he thinks "Citizens United" was just the first volley across the bow. That Roberts "immunized" himself from charges of partisanship with the Obamacare decision, and that from here on out he's free to carry out the ideas of the Heritage Foundation brought to the court by Clarence Thomas (married to a Heritage staffer).
http://www.npr.org/books/titles/161143282/the-oath-the-obama-white-house-and-the-supreme-court?tab=excerpt#excerpt
Really scary stuff. It's already 5-4. One more seat and it's the United Corporations of America.
V O T E
Why do I see him being played by Dustin Hoffman?
"I'm an excellent manager...an excellent manager..."
They used to at least wait until after they lost an election before starting to throw one another under the bus! lol
Willard can't even run a competent campaign, how the hell does he think he could run the country?
Earth to Willard... open your eyes dude!
really, they mock us for blaming Bush - who actually CAUSED many of the problems we have still not recovered from
And they are lined up to whack a mole the candidate their own party selected. Fierce 'loyalty' to a dead horse,...will still result in a 'dead' end result.
Mitt is a horrible candidate. He makes Al Gore and John Kerry seem absolutely VIBRANT by contrast.
The campaign people working together really isn't the problem.
The problem isn't that a Romney Presidency wouldn't work at all well for the American people.
You have inside information to support your case?
Just another deflect story for the Obama MSM supporters to take the eyes off of what is going on in their camp and the snafus of the last week or so.
Feisty
some how i doubt he is doing much running in his own campaign it feels more like he is just doing what he is told cause when ever he goes off script it usually blows up in his face
Clara ...
Too funny!!!! The only time Mitt looks remotely human is when he's looking like a puppy dog while looking at Ann. And then all I want to do is smack him and tell him to look like a man!!
talk to the hand Just another deflect story.......................
Don't you wish. The rats are leaving the sinking ship of his run for President.
I fully expect that Romney will fire his campaign chief soon. He'll work "in another capacity" for the campaign.
Uh Oh!
Clara said the "B" word... lol
Annoyed,
Faster than an ACME rocket! lol
feisty
now that is a poor comparison,
it isn't Wile W Coyote's fault that everything blows up in his face
i can't really say the same for Romney
Feisty / Layton / Clara / others:
I assume the pink flamingos are a tribute to Phinephancy? I have been on vacation and unable to keep up, what's the scoop?
Yup!
Won't you join us?
We did a virtual wake on Friday under "The Week Ahead" thread in her memory & honor!
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/14/13866987-video-the-week-ahead-a-certain-emptiness?lite
Oh, poor Phiney! That's heartbreaking news!
I just read the thread. I am truly sorry to hear of her passing and echo the loss felt by everyone.
My wife's grandmother died a couple of years ago, and pink flamingos were her favorite too. We have an old ceramic pink flamingo that used to grace her yard proudly on display in our flower garden.
I will think of them both when I look at it now.
BTW - I changed my avatar but it doesn't want to show it. GRRRRRR
oh well gremlins at work I will try again.....
Make sure you scroll down your account page and click on "save your profile".... ;o)
TNSEVOL - Love your flamingos. I'm sure Phine would too! How very sweet!
Avatar changed to honor Phiney.
Looking good Sailcat! ;o)
You too TNSEVOL!
Oh Sailcat - beautiful!!! Mine is a flamingo in flight. Not sure you can tell that. I just love the way it soars - makes me think of Phine flying to higher things!
Thanks, Feisty. Well done, Seeking!
Love all the Flamingos. It is a wonderful tribute and I am sure it would make her smile.
smitty1118
Deficit and debt are not the same,...your guy ran up the credit card but kept it off the budget. Thus lower 'deficit'; but GREATER debt,...MUCH GREATER DEBT.
Good luck with the rest of your 'critical' thinking skills.
Funny smitty, since Congress actually authorizes all spending...or doesn't it?
ROFLMFAO!!! Never let it be said the GNOP is anything but consistant. If it doesn't suit you...wait a minute and change the plan.
....again.
Next up;
Romney reshuffles campaign staff...
(Where there's smoke...)
And another day wasted off message...
This is just another example of media creativity- this time, creating a distraction away from Obama's many failures, and attempting to create chaos in the Romney campaign.
It ain't working.
Seems like it was only last week that a totally uninformed Obama was touting his foreign policy expertise- just a day or two before the results of his "expertise" were on display in Cairo, Libya, Tunisia, Indonesia. . .
They are already attempting to inform us that most people don't really care about the monthly jobs reports. I guess most folks don't care about gas and grocery prices, either.
Or that manufacturing is contracting- again. Or that record numbers of young people have simply given up seeking work. Or the record number of foreclosures- looks like the billions Obama poured in to his forbearance programs helped as much as the billions he poured into solar firms that went belly up. How much you want to bet the money wound up in Obama donor pockets?
Sure, with all that going on, what's MOST important is that Politico thinks the Romney campaign is not working well.
Considering that all the national polls show a tie race, that's pretty amusing. Then again, I guess they don't want to question the competence of the idol of the cult.
The artical is about,
reports of infighting and personality clashes have plagued his campaign.
No Jo shut up and stay on topic, or has hating obama so much made your Brain go soft??????
"Remain calm! All is well!" - Chip Diller
NJNB -
Is that the best you can do? Deflect, Distort, Blame Obama - Rinse and Repeat?
It is obvious that Romney has nothing to offer to anyone except the "Anyone But Obama" crowd, and even some of them are getting tired of his incompetence.
All the national polls how a CLOSE race, but the swing state polls overwhelmingly favor President Obama.
Paul Ryan - The Deficit? I Built That!
[Is that the best you can do? Deflect, Distort, Blame Obama - Rinse and Repeat?]
Yes, yes it is...NoJo is the product of lies and distortions. This is what happens when you read something in an email, copy it word for word, and THINK it's true...
...all this AND she claims to have a PhD...personally, I think she stuck her head in the ceiling fan one too many times.
Oh, I almost forgot...the has a weird crush on Hillary Clinton, and actually supported her in her bid for the White House...oh, and NoJo also collects a big fat teacher's pension check, courtesy of the taxpayers of New Jersey.
Mickey do tell what your thoughts are since you seem to be big brained lib. Pizza Pizza eh?
Who names their kid Mickey, thats child abuse
And lest we forget, she paid her way through High School by taking a job in the Admin office. That came out during Newt's employ poor children as toilet scrubbers campaign. She sure loves those government jobs and bennies.
Sheesh, talk about dog whistles...
Poor poor Little Seizure...posting from work, eh? Your boss must know, right?
Sure he does....
PIZZA! PIZZA!
What are your thoughts again Mickey? or do you just feel real cool and tough hangin out with the hoodlums agreeing with ever they say? No original thought of your own? Care to discuss the merits of NoJoe's post? You libbies are so tolerant and kind. as for the dog whistle, you attached yourself to my leg in another post so get over it.
Listen taxman...I am not going to debate falsehoods and outright lies, got it? Good...
What I don't hear from you or NoJo or anyone else is WHY you're voting for Romney...you simply can't defend him, because you know, deep in your cowardly hearts, he doesn't represent you. I know that hurts, but hey...suck it up PIZZA Boy...it's only going to get worse for you with that attitude.
You are quick to point out perceived "hypocricies" in the Democratic party, but that's about it. This is why you get your ass handed to you constantly. You offer nothing, yet expect everything. Well boo effing hoo...
...now back to work for you, and stop stealing from your boss.
Caesar has no friends, no fans, no brains. Poor Caesar.
If the media was dripping with honey and praise over Willard would they still have a conspiracy going or be biased? What a crock.
My engine is smoking, it's catching fire
I'm losing altitude
It's starting to spin
Pull up! Pull up!
Bail out, bail out now!
BOOM crash and burn
Oh the humanity!
Thank you for flying Air Willard, a subsidiary of Bain_Capital, LLC, a proud Caymen Island LLC, air safety provided by the Caymen Island Aviation Adminstration
You are very creative, yes imaginative Kudos to you !!
Somebody ought to tell Mitt that blowing smoke up his own rear end isn't the path to victory like he seems to think. Talk about hilarious.
Don't give it away, let's keep that as our secret OK.
It certainly brings into question his management, organizational, leadership and planning skills. Just little attributes you want in a president...
Everybody chirps about running on the record. Gov. Romney seems to be running from his record unless he's spinning some fairy tale like bailing out the Olympics. He always seems to forget about about the massive cash infusion from the big bad government.
He fails to mention his work placing Ma 47th in the country on job creation.
He lacks it
To all the republican/tea party people on line. Please answer these questions.
Why is paulie stilling running for his seat in congerss?
Is that his back up plan because he knows that him & Romeny are going to lose?
Its looks that way.
Obama Biden 2012
If you were in line at work (which probably doesn't apply to you) for a promotion from your present position upward, would you quit your present position and doing that job betting on the come that you were going to get it? Just leave and have them call you when your new position was ready?
talk to the hand There you go assuming again that makes you look like a a$$. I said on here many times I'm self-employed. That makes your first sentence a lie. Now your reaching the man is running for the second highest office in America and he is splitting his time running for a second office. Just saying if they win, he is going to cost the tax-payers in his state more money to have another election to fill his seat. All this coming from the budget man.
running for his congressional seat while VP on ticket is SOP - Biden did it in '08 iirc, so it isn't out of the ordinary at all.
What planet does Mitt live on? Fantasy land surely has Neon lights. Its another big fat LIE, they dont see eye to eye, people dont be fooled, they are all in sandy gully together .
I have come across people like Mitt in my lifetime and they are not pleasant to work with or to work for and there in just something about them that always keeps them out ot touch.
*waves to prog.1* ☺
And Obama tells the truth? What president of what country said today that Obama was just plain stupid?? Let me know if you can find it in the news.....three guesses where you won't hear that: CBS, NBC & ABC!
You're the one that better wake up if you truly believe Obama is really smart, a Harvard graduate, etc., etc. I'm not a truther but no one goes to college and doesn't know anyone......wonder who arranged all his credentials for him--- Soros maybe? He wants everyone to believe he is just one of the guys-- but if he's so cool now why wasn't he so cool in college that at least one person would remember him. Or one of the girls he dated-- oh yeah, he made that girl up-- she was just a composite.
Romney is sounding increasingly hysterical as his downward spiral continues. He is grasping and sounding more and more desperate.
What's next? "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED..."
The Romney campaign is working extraordinarily well together...to get President Obama re-elected.
When things are not going well Mitt cannot acknowledge and try to fix the problem and this is exactly the same leadership he would show as President.
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All's Well that Ends Well - thanks for the $1 Billion in Ad Revenue, suckers!
To say something like this means he's dumber than we thought or he's lying again. Pinocchio's nose got longer for each lie he told. In Mitt's case each lie he tells he loses brain cells. He won't have any left by the time the election rolls around.
I think the republican ticket is a prime example of the dangers of lying, and i'm using it as an example to teach my boys why honesty is important.
1) you start to believe the lies you tell, this is called self-delusion and is a tragic failure of reason.
2) no credibility. after being documented as a 70% of the time lying, even the greatest plan ever invented would be viewed with suspicion because of the lack of credibility, and would then be susceptible to lies of your opponent.
3) negative attention is worse than no attention. Had R/R avoided all the lies, the focus on this election would be on the President's record, not their campaign. They had this on a silver platter, and their constant lies led focus onto them instead of their opponent.
Lying becomes habitual, and the more you do it the easier lies come, and the easier the lies are to catch. my honesty has constantly gotten me into trouble because blunt honesty turns many people off, but i've never had anyone think i was untrustworthy as a result, just that i have no tact. When running for president trust is the key to winning the hearts of the populous, and this campaign has a sever trust deficit as a result of their constant distortions and outright fabrications.
hold on, Governor Romney's mouth is moving, yes, another lie.
lier and a cheat, do not vote for him.
Then why on earth do you keep forwarding bills to invade a woman's body and deny civil rights to fellow Americans??
So sad....Romney's credibility almost completely gone. Keep it up. He's making it easier and easier for independent voters.
love watching the RR ticket sink!
tarzan, you hit it. too bad the fox crowd doesn't get it.
truth often has a liberal bias.
...LMAO!!! ...Listen to all these liberal dimwits, choking out their last gasps of hope for their fading King Obama. ...LMAO!!! ...King Obama would still stand a chance of winning but nobody's shameless enough to vote for the idiot again at this point. ....LMAO!!!
LOL,,,,,,,,,,Been on this planet long?
Yes Mitt, Your "Campaign" is the absolute BEST that money can buy, I would not change
a single thing about it (and I think I can be pretty sure all Democrats will totally agree)
the way willie moves around on the stage doesn't he look like a Penguin sometimes ?????
An investigation by the Government Accountability Institute found that more than half of the most politically active 50 campaign bundlers for President Obama were either appointed to a presidential council, committee, board, or other White House post. Many bundlers’ businesses or relative’s businesses also received millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded federal contracts, grants, loans or other crony perks.