Reagan proved you win the independents by ignoring the stereotypes of Independents and ignoring the Left outright. Enunciate principles and put forward programs and goals from those principles. The independents are much more likely to come to a forthright principled Conservative stand than to a pander. People may claim they like and believe the things said in pandering but they understand underneath that it is pandering and their enthusiasm is be muted or/and they will vote the other way.
I can’t understand what it is you want Romney to do at this stage of the campaign? As I said a broad outline is the best way to go NOW because any details will immediately be ripped to shreds and be made to overshadow the goal of jobs creation.
If he ignores the attacks from the liberals he risks having peope think he is guilty as charged. He will win if he sticks with the message of Obama failure and Romney hope. Obama’s failures are documented and on the record. America has seen him in the job as president and they do not like what they see.
Romney/Ryan offers voters the chance of a proved success in private industry versus a failed choice of someone who has not a shred of experience dealing with the problems we face and has proved he cannot do the job.