Just like Mitt. Wait till to see if the issue is a winner and then join the battle. Let Rush do the heavy lifting, while distancing your self from him and then take credit when the work is done, that’s leadership, that’s Mitt.
Imho, Romney is a calculating sob. He is the one who ridiculed and evaded Stephanopolous’ birth control question, and he’s never looked back on the issue. Santorum got himself tarred with it, however unfairly.
I don’t think Obama underestimates Romney, I’m sure they view R as a cold hearted operator.