To: Win Smith who wrote (176812 ) 11/29/2011 12:07:01 PM From: Sam Read Replies (1) | Respond to We have way way too many alternate universes. They spin out of control, with Romney being the personification of a guy who is trying to inhabit multiple alternate universes at once. Which of course drives the Anti-Obamas crazy. But, IMHO, it drives him and his advisers crazy as well. Here is a piece I picked up from the professionals' thread from a "movement" conservative writing on Power Line, one of the blogs that I think considers itself principled (which in this case means that the universe they inhabit ignores facts in the universe that we all share when our shared universe contradicts their precious principles). Note especially the paragraphs at the end--the Romney people are trying to convince themselves that their anti-Obama ad hit the mark because it drew a strong response. They are in their own universe there--even people who hate Obama don't get what they were trying to do. If you go to the York piece linked in this article, you find out that they have a spokesperson named Gail Gitcho--she should be called "Gail Gotcha" based on what she said. That is what they believe running a campaign for President in the midst of a crisis is all about.Deep Mitt Power Line by Scott Johnsonelectability in a general election matchup against Obama. Among his strenghts are his demeanor and his ability to speak with authority on economic issues, but his approach is managerial and technocratic. Recall Reagan’s great 1980 line about our economy: “A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.” I find it hard to imagine Romney delivering that line regarding Obama, but then again, maybe!first television ad , an ad focused on the economy. The ad includes Barack Obama saying: “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” The quote, from 2008, is legitimate, but Obama was quoting the McCain campaign.Byron York turned to the Romney campaign for an explanation. York quotes a Romney aide making the case that the ad is the result of the campaign’s deep understanding of Obama’s tactics:“This is how these guys operate,” the aide says of Team Obama. “This is how they shamelessly reduced Bill Clinton to sputtering that he wasn’t a racist. This is how they attacked Hillary for not having a core, for saying anything to get elected — the same Hillary who hosted Senator Obama’s largest fundraiser.” “We get that and get how to get under their skin,” the aide continued. That fact that not just Obama campaign aides in Chicago but White House spokesman Carney joined in the pushback was, to Team Romney, a sign the Obama team was “rattled.” “We get it,” said the aide. “We will tie them in knots.”
