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For days now conservative bloggers have been fulminating that Mitt Romney doesn't get a fair deal, that the media doesn't give him a chance, and is out to get him.
Their protests are likely to get louder as Mother Jones, which describes its mission as fighting an out of control right-wing lie machine, releases a video of a Romney speech to a private audience of big donors.
He actually sounds a lot more politically savvy than he does on the stump. His explanation of why he can't attack Mr Obama full-throttle is particularly interesting.
I argued after the Republican convention that if it appeared flat, it was because it had to be: ramping things up would have put voters off. It is nice to hear the same point from Mr Romney's own mouth.
He tells the wealthy donors that it is all about those critical 10% in the middle, that because they voted for him, they don't want to be told that they were wrong, that he's a bad guy, that he did bad things, that he's corrupt.
But it is his scornful take on Obama voters that has really grabbed the headlines.
He says the majority of them can't be peeled off because they pay no income tax. He says these voters are those who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.
What is particularly interesting is the figure he puts on this - 47%. It struck me on first reading as remarkably high.
Are nearly half of voters in a country known for its relative lack of welfare provisions really welfare dependents?
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Their protests are likely to get louder as Mother Jones, which describes its mission as fighting an out of control right-wing lie machine, releases a video of a Romney speech to a private audience of big donors.
He actually sounds a lot more politically savvy than he does on the stump. His explanation of why he can't attack Mr Obama full-throttle is particularly interesting.
I argued after the Republican convention that if it appeared flat, it was because it had to be: ramping things up would have put voters off. It is nice to hear the same point from Mr Romney's own mouth.
He tells the wealthy donors that it is all about those critical 10% in the middle, that because they voted for him, they don't want to be told that they were wrong, that he's a bad guy, that he did bad things, that he's corrupt.
But it is his scornful take on Obama voters that has really grabbed the headlines.
He says the majority of them can't be peeled off because they pay no income tax. He says these voters are those who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them.
What is particularly interesting is the figure he puts on this - 47%. It struck me on first reading as remarkably high.
Are nearly half of voters in a country known for its relative lack of welfare provisions really welfare dependents?
Full article
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