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SARASOTA, FL—Mitt Romney seized on remarks delivered by President Obama today, attempting to seize the role of “change” candidate after the president seemed to suggest in a televised forum that he could not change Washington from the inside.
"We face a Washington that’s broken, that can’t get the job done. The president today threw in the white flag of surrender again. He said he can’t change Washington from inside. He can only change it from outside,” Romney said. “Well, we’re going to give him that chance in November. He’s going outside!”
Romney was referring to an answer President Barack Obama gave to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision at a forum in Miami just a few hours before Romney took the stage. At the forum, which Romney attended last night, the president was asked to name his biggest failure.
The president told the forum’s moderator that he felt his biggest failure was in not passing comprehensive immigration reform, then pivoted to lessons-learned.
“The most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside,” bama said. “That's how I got elected, and that's how the big accomplishments, like health care, got done, was because we mobilized the American people to speak out.”
Romney campaign aides, on the defensive for much of the last week over Romney’s surreptitiously-recorded comments in a May fundraiser, began blasting out the comments on social media, while other aides brought them to Romney’s attention on the nine-minute drive from his lunchtime fundraiser to the afternoon rally.
Taking the podium under sweltering conditions, Romney attacked.
“This is time for a new president. He went from the president of change to the president who can’t get change,” Romney said. “I heard it from the reports that came out and they said the president of the United States says he can’t change Washington from the inside. Isn’t that amazing?”
“No wonder he’s had such a hard time over the last four years his first two years he had a Democratic house, Democratic senate, he got to do whatever the heck he wanted to but he says he can’t change it from the inside,” Romney continued. “Well I will. I’ll get the job done, we’ll change Washington we’ll restore the economic strength."
Republicans quickly flagged Obama's line as indicative of Obama's failure to deliver on high expectations he created as a candidate in 2008. The GOP argued that Obama's comment amounted to a concession that business persists as usual in Washington.
Noting that Obama regularly refers to change in Washington as slow-moving and a goal that must be sought for from outside the capital. "Change is hard" has become a refrain for Obama in his campaign stops, his plea to supporters from 2008 whose enthusiasm has waned.
The Obama campaign quickly labeled Romney’s comments as “wildly out of context,” and called the attack built on them an act of desperation.
Nevertheless, the Romney campaign, sensing an opening, made the concept of Romney-as-change-candidate the centerpiece of today’s rally here in a county John McCain won by only a few hundred votes four years ago, but where Republicans see an opportunity to run up large margins this November.
“Now I know that the people of America have a choice. They can choose thecurrent incumbent. He represents the status quo. If we reelect Barack Obama you know exactly what we're going to see,” Romney said, adding that a vote for the GOP ticket this fall would be a vote for “real change.”
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Rush Big Boy Limbaugh hit it right on the head.." This is a GOLDEN moment..You bet..More gold in his pocket cuz low information voters listem to his garbage, and he laughs all the way to the bank, cuz these low information believe his crap..Remeber in 2008 when he told you, he had an insider in the Demos convention, and they would force a vote to prevent Obama fro getting the nomination..Hmm how did that work out..Or when he was sending Rebublicans in to Ohio to regester as Democrats to keep Obama from winning the state..Hmm how did that work out for you ??? This is hoe Republicans get their information, accuse people of being lazy and on welfare, you Limbaugh believers are so lazy, you won't even fact checjk the BS this guy spouts..Wake up this guy is an entetainer, and gets paid $400,000 just to dupe you minto listening to him, and laughs all the way to the bank..2 Weeks ago he said Romney was a bad candidate, then when Romney says something he can use to dupe the low information listener, Romney is the Golden moment..Lost a ton of adverizers, fired for racial comments as sports castor, could'nt buy into a NFL franchise because of background. calls women sluts, Sings racial songs on air " Barrack the majic dragon. I see where the Repubicans get their information for these blogs..Yea you are going to ask how I know all this crap, simple, I listen to both Conservartive and liberal radio, and watch both on tv, then compare them before I make a decision..Guess conservative (teapartiers) loose again..Becareful for what you ask for it you just mike get it..If Romney gets elected, I will meet you at the bread line, cuz all other chances to suceed will be taken away to pay for the tax cuts for the 1%
The entitlement system is in fact broken in this country...There are people that need this to help them through hard times, this is fine, thats what it there for, but, there are are growing number of people that use this system as a means to make a living and that is just plain wrong. The fraud and abuse is out of control and everyone knows it! Mitt pointed this out and it is obvious that people on welfare won't vote for Mitt so hit hit this on the head but liberials allways have to take thins to extreems! Why don't we talk about Obamas lost episode where he discloses the fact that he is for redistrubtion of wealth! That is more scarey than anything else, 24 millon out of work, 16 trillion plus deficets, failed forien policey and leading America into an even worse mess in the middle east! I hope he can do a better job of keeping people safe in the future becauce things are going to get real bad and real soon. No to Obama! He has lost his creditabilty with me!
Damn Mitt change was done last time around you need to come up with something fresh or at least a little more original. How about "TIPPECANOE AND THE MITSTER TOO"
Mittwit's right: he's full of change (change the story that is)
The etch-a-sketch king of the world
Romney's a change agent all right.....with each new day or new event comes a Romney change of position!
Mittens as "change" candidate LOL: as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers says, "RIIIIIIIGHT!"
So where are all you angry liberals going to post your verbal vomit when Romney wins?
Costa Rica, with El Rushbo?
Don't worry, that's never going to happen. The real question is why ignorant conservatives don't spent more time getting their ideology stroked over at Idiot Central..... I mean FOX rather than waste their time here trying to bait people on NBC. What happen, the FOX morning crew start speaking in tongue again?
Of course he is the "candidate of change". He wants to change things back to how they were under Bush.
Change of party, change of skin color, change of face, and change of voice are the only changes I see this guy bringing us. Romney will lie and smirk just like Obama.
Yep, he's the candidate of change all right - change your mind every 5 minutes!
He changes his stance more often than most people change their clothes -
I still can't get over, how he said his convention was about 're-introducing himself' and two weeks ago, he was go to 'reboot his image'. This week he's trying to cast himself as a 'candidate for change'. WOW, how many times does a person have to make a first impression before everyone just gets bored with him?
Change or not change, Mr. Romney....we know who you are, and we just don't trust/like/respect/want you.
I think what Mittens means is he's a candidate who changes his positions on a daily basis.
Oh ya Mitt's the candidate of change alright, he changes his mind, position, statement and histroy daily! No thanks Mitt, you can go ahead and figure out who you are and what the hell you believe on your own time while floating in your yacht, I'll stick with Obama, he's pulled us out of the crater your party caused, and he's headed in the right direction and he doesn't need a compass to figure out which way is right and which way is wrong.
Here we go again, another personality change to suit the demographic of the week.
Romney is one lyin' bastich.
Obama got to do whatever he wanted? LIAR. The Republicans filibustered CONSTANTLY and voted constantly to block anything he did. All they needed was to have merely enough votes to NOT allow dems to stop the filibusters.
What Romney's good at is revising history into something it's never been. Revising it into fantasy land.
Yeah - Dems had 2 years of control of Congress - with Republicans blocking everything the did and making it impossible to pass anything.
When it takes 2 years to get much of anything through Congress, your party doesn't have control of Congress, even if you do have the majority.
Ya right, ilke Obama care the worst peice of crap in American history! Get your story strait chump! Obama won't work with anyone but Obama!
Now, now. Don't be confusing them with facts, sarge.
Yeah, go easy. The FOX morning crew started speaking in tongue and these folks got confused and came over to NBC.....it really isn't their fault, they're used to conversations between like minded republicans with single digit IQ's.
Game Over Romney.
Please Insert Another $.25 GOP Politician
and Press Start to Continue.
Mitt;
Here are some more to try next week
Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men and free Romney
Mitster the Ole Rail Splitter
Vote yourself a farm
A chicken in every pot an elevator in every garage
54-40 or fight
Not just Peanuts
Mitt for Boss
Rejuvenated Republicanism
A full dinner pail
I've been told that Willard is the perfect candidate for change, having changed his mind about almost every issue at least once.
I do so miss the Keystone Kops. They were chaotic, but at least purposeful.
truthseeker- We will be right here after Obama wins, where will you be crying under your bed?
"Romney found lying on floor clutching photo of President Obama, crying hysterically It was my turn, my turn, Ann says why mittens, you have wet your pants pumpkin"
Romney we have no "HOPE" that you will ever "CHANGE"!
Well folks---you heard it--the thud was Romney's campaign hitting the floor like a turd from tall cows arse.
My faith,after expecting the Booboisee to fall for the TP drivel,has been restored...
No offense Romney but I kind of like how Obama has neutered America prosperity! Allah is Great! One nation does not deserve so many of the world's resources as the rest of the world is starving! The end of America exceptionalism is near! Obama 2012! Nobody should be 'exceptional!'
For the Republicans... please take a look at the link below, these are facts.. i know you rep. don't believe in FACT CHECKING but PLEASE look at it. is this who you really want to vote for? Bush on steroids...
Change all right, change with the wind. He is like an ameba reacting to the light, but instead of light, he is reacting to whatever Obama says and yells the opposite. No ideas of his own and to scared to say what he really feels except when he is with his rich buddies.
There was a TV series about Mitt Romney a few years ago.
They call him "Flipper". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEOeTX1LqM
Beware of the False Prophet M...It written in the good book that a false prophet that lies and lies to have the mass rise up to worship him........ Beware you little trolls.
Change? You call that change?
Both Ryan and Romney have promised to finish the destruction of our economy started by the monster reagan and continued with bloody-handed vengeance by first Gingrich then the monumentally failed 43.