[marron]

Romney is obviously trying to win me over. Its working.

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.

While he’s at it, he might mention something about a president that repays dead ambassadors by liberating convicted terrorists.

[D-fendr]

Perhaps we need signs and t-shirts:

“I’m part of the 53%.”

[Sarah Barracuda]

EXACTLY..Romney needs to stand by this statement..he can’t backtrack and say “I didnt mean any harm by this” or any of that BS..stand by it because its the TRUTH..and you know what, if this costs Romney the election this country was already lost. Its about damn time Romney say something I actually agree with and he took the words right out of my mouth

[Norm Lenhart]

“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.”

Absolutely. Hope someone in his campaign understands that. Also hope that he governs this way eventually. Truth over ‘feelings’.

We’ll see.

[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.

[Jane Long]

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.

Exactly!! What would Reagan do? Just that. He'd give it right back, and then some.

Romney, please find your inner Reagan!!!

[Cruising For Freedom]

I just saw his press conference on the Greta re-run.

1. He made it clear that he was talking about the 47% who will vote for Obama no matter what.
2. That 47% loves government dependency and loves bigger and more government.
3. Having said that, he requests that the full video be played instead of the edited version, and he would not take back what he said.

Subtle but important distinction: the 47% he speaks so harshly of are the Obama voters, who get tingly over increasing government dependence. He also said it would be difficult to reach the 47% who paid no taxes through a message of tax cuts alone.

So, basically, he was speaking of three separate groups (Obama diehards, government dependents, and non-taxpayers) in different contexts, and it is confusing because 47% is the approximate percentage of each group.