This is a good strategy on the part of the Ubanga team.
If you go back and study the Mittens/Kennedy race from 1994, you see how Mittens ran like a coward from the liberal press until he was more liberal (more gay-friendly, etc.) than Kennedy. It was pathetic. By the time this campaign is over Mittens will be more green-friendly than even the craziest rats.
The media will point out that with all this global warming we won't need mittens anymore.