It remains to be seen how the new guy does, but let’s hope he doesn’t screw up as badly as Eric Fehrnstrom. The Etch-a-Sketch thing was bad enough, but when he directly contradicted his boss in public on the largest issue of that day, he needed to be gone instantly.
Fehrnstrom has trouble remembering who’s the boss.
For those who just walked into the room, Eric Fehrnstrom is the fool who said ObamaTax isn’t a tax, but a penalty, at the same time Romney was starting to get traction with his message it’s a tax, not a penalty. He completely defocused one of the few messages Romney was getting clarity on. Because of Fehrnstrom, the media was able to gleefully jump on what they call a flip-flop.
I agree. Fehrnstrom made a big goof on the tax/penalty thing. No excuse for not checking with the boss on that one.
I’m thinking he will be eased out.
As far as all the Sarah Palin stuff with the other guy, I don’t remember anything about it.
But as Rick Perry said, ‘we all said things in the campaign.’
And they did. As for Palin, she didn’t run, in case anyone has forgotten. Newt said stuff, Santorum said stuff.
All in all, Mitt ran the best primary campaign and I guess he did it with the staff he has.
Some people are just looking for something to criticize.
Given Mitt's track record, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that "the boss" was floundering around deciding which side he's on and Fehrnstrom missed the latest memo!