Mitt Romney: Desperate, Misleading, Stubborn

In his 6 year quest to become President of the U.S., Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) is now getting desperate. When pressed about his Massachusetts health insurance program, which is not Obamacare but still has not been successful in lowering health care costs, Romney appears angry. The same sort of thing happened 4 years ago when Romney was pressed about lobbyists working on his campaign. In 1994, when asked about his "biggest personal failing", Romney discussed how he took time to help others each week. Romney can not admit failure, but he can attack others. During the 2008 campaign, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain were all attacked by Romney. This year, the latest victim of the "Romney Treatment" is GOP front-runner Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. After years of flip-flops and contradictions, Romney is attacking Gingrich as "unreliable." When Romney says Gingrich promoted cap and trade, it is misleading and false. When Romney says Gingrich supports "amnesty," it is again misleading and false. In the campaign four years ago, Romney attacked Mike Huckabee and John McCain going into Iowa and New Hampshire. Huckabee beat Romney by a comfortable margin in Iowa, and McCain beat him by a comfortable margin in New Hampshire. As Romney stepped up his attacks on McCain, McCain went on to win contests in South Carolina, Florida, and a majority of states of Super Tuesday. Two days after Super Tuesday, Romney dropped out of the race. However, at CPAC 2008, Romney began his 2012 campaign. It seems Mr. Romney has failed to realize that people want to hear a vision for the future, not just negative attacks. While comparing the differences between candidates is perfectly legitimate, doing so in a way that is misleading lowers the dialogue of debate. On a personal level, I expected this from the democrats and President Obama, not Governor Romney and his establishment friends.

UPDATE: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani has called Governor Romney a "world-class flip-flopper" after saying Newt Gingrich is more electable