[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I view this statement by Romney as meaning, it is now time for him to openly move to the left of the political spectrum.

[af_vet_rr]

I view this statement by Romney as meaning, it is now time for him to openly move to the left of the political spectrum.

Exactly right. This is a trial balloon floated by Romney to see the reaction, but he is still going to start shifting left now that Santorum is out. The reaction will determine just how much he shifts left.

[Third Person]

Etch a Sketch Mitt.

[darrellmaurina]

12 posted on Mon Apr 16 2012 15:35:12 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by AEMILIUS PAULUS: "I view this statement by Romney as meaning, it is now time for him to openly move to the left of the political spectrum."

Agreed. Romney's staff has been sending up trial balloons for some time about his likely "move to the center" and now he's doing it himself rather than using surrogates.

He's apparently decided that he needs to see how negatively conservatives respond, and is getting the message that we don't care or that there aren't enough conservatives to cause him problems.

I think conservative voters in the next few states need to send him a very strong message.