Romney’s handlers decide where their cardboard man should be posted, placed, planted, posed, and propped.
They’ve done ok so far. Got him the votes needed for nomination. Barring a miracle he will be the candidate.
Why should they put him on a white-hot controversy that will throw them off message and give the media a chance to run fresh anti-Romney quotes from any lefty with a tongue?
Besides, insofar as the cardboard has any personal opinions at all, he is pro-gay; and likely neither Romney nor his handlers are well-versed in the finer points of the controversy, such as the impropriety of govt officials discouraging businesses on the basis of political correctitude.
Really, is anyone surprised that Romney demurred?
If he’s a wimp, what are the people who will vote for him?
His handlers are very smart. They made sure he made millions at Bain, they saved the Olympics in Colorado and they're now propping him up in his campaign. Romney didn't do all that alone. It's his handlers who deserve the credit.