[af_vet_rr]

The worst thing he can do is apologize or try to walk this back. He needs to pound this nail with a 9 pound sledge. If he’ll do that this will win for him. The idea of a politician who speaks frankly and says the things we all know are true will be a breath of fresh air.

By throwing together a quick press conference and saying those remarks were "off the cuff", he's already trying to backtrack a bit, and he automatically puts himself on the defensive.

I don't think much of him, but the least he could do is stand up for such statements rather than throw them in that "off the cuff" category that politicians use as a defense rather than create an opening for the liberals to come at him.

He's just giving the left more fodder to use against him when he tries to walk things back.

[o2bfree]

He stood by the remarks and said he was going to use this going forward.

Bottomline is any candidate who is willing to stand up and call the Democrat base a bunch of freeloaders is good by me.