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Did Mitt Romney Just Throw Kris Kobach Under The Bus?

Mitt Romney appeared to publicly split on Monday with his “informal” immigration adviser, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, setting up a general election pivot in which Romney potentially turns his back on the far-right anti-immigration sector of the GOP he courted heavily in the primary.

At a press conference with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Monday, Romney said
Rubio’s nascent DREAM Act proposal, which offers the children of illegal immigrants a way to remain in the country, should pass muster with conservatives like Kobach. Kobach strongly opposes the DREAM Act on the grounds that it would provide amnesty to law-breakers — but Rubio’s proposal differs from Democratic versions of the DREAM Act, which offers a path to citizenship.

Kobach himself has said that Rubio’s proposal falls short of his test. Split between two men whose endorsement he touted, Romney appears to be leaning toward Rubio.
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I thought this was going to be about an Etch-a-sketch watch. That would be cool. I had one on a keychain once.
 
More tacking to the center:

Romney Blunts Obama Attack By Backing Lower Student Loan Rates

Less than an hour after the Obama campaign kicked off a week-long push to attack Mitt Romney on college affordability, the Republican candidate took the wind out of their sails by supporting the White House’s push to extend subsidized lower interest rates on federal loans.

Without action in Congress, a 2007 bill keeping interest on loans held by some 7 million students at 3.4 percent versus 6.8 percent will expire. President Obama is speaking at three colleges on Tuesday and Wednesday to pressure House Republicans to act despite their wariness about a one-year fix’s $6 billion price tag. Obama’s re-election team held a conference call Monday focused on student loan debt and attacking Romney over proposed cuts to higher-education funding in the GOP budget.
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What ya know? Romney was been paying attention in the last election when going more extreme in the general election didn't work.
 
epepke said:
I thought this was going to be about an Etch-a-sketch watch. That would be cool. I had one on a keychain once.
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Me too, but now I realize how stupid that would be. If it was on your wrist you would only have one free hand to operate the two knobs.
 
Careyp74 said:
Me too, but now I realize how stupid that would be. If it was on your wrist you would only have one free hand to operate the two knobs.
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But if it was the size of a watch, mybe you could turn the knobs with the fingers of one hand.

(Sorry for the topic drift, but now I realy want an etch-a-sketch watch!)
 
Here is a curious statement that GLAAD is having a field day with:

I believe that the Boy Scouts of America does a wonderful service for this country. I support the right of the Boy Scouts of America to decide what it wants to do on that issue. I feel that all people should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation.
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Linky.

The moderator also mentioned that he said he would do more to support gay rights than Ted Kennedy. I find his statement curious because it looks like he was trying to have it both ways even back then.
 
Upchurch said:
What ya know? Romney was been paying attention in the last election when going more extreme in the general election didn't work.
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How is it extreme to ask illegals in the country to leave the country which is what Romney’s immigration plan was all about, self-deportation.
 
epepke said:
I thought this was going to be about an Etch-a-sketch watch. That would be cool. I had one on a keychain once.
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Looks like Romney is trying to refocus the fight from between the 99% and 1% to between the 99% and 99%.
We will stop the unfairness of government workers getting better pay and benefits than the very taxpayers they serve," the former Massachusetts governor said.
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See, there's the problem with America, workers of one sector get paid more then another. The problem isn't the politicians or CEO's, or Wall Street, it's the people behind the counter at the DMV.

This man is so far out of touch....

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DavidJames said:
Looks like Romney is trying to refocus the fight from between the 99% and 1% to between the 99% and 99%.See, there's the problem with America, workers of one sector get paid more then another. The problem isn't the politicians or CEO's, or Wall Street, it's the people behind the counter at the DMV.

This man is so far out of touch....

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The problem in America is that rich people are taxed too much and poor people don't have skin in the game. If we could just raise poor people's taxes and cut taxes for rich people, everyone would be rich. Also, if we can just slash wages for public sector workers to match the lower pay of private sector workers, then all of us would get rich as well.

Econ 101, Libtard!
 
What I am wondering is, where is the outrage from the far right? Romney told them one thing during the primaries, and now he's throwing them under the bus in order to move to the center. They should feel angry and betrayed.

Or maybe that is Romney's genius; To make everybody feel like he is only lying to the other side.
 
Tricky said:
What I am wondering is, where is the outrage from the far right? Romney told them one thing during the primaries, and now he's throwing them under the bus in order to move to the center. They should feel angry and betrayed.

Or maybe that is Romney's genius; To make everybody feel like he is only lying to the other side.
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"Anybodybutobama", we'll sort it all out later among us real Americans.
 
Tricky said:
What I am wondering is, where is the outrage from the far right? Romney told them one thing during the primaries, and now he's throwing them under the bus in order to move to the center. They should feel angry and betrayed.
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I'm pretty sure they hated flip-flopping 8 years ago. Wonder what changed?
 
Tricky said:
What I am wondering is, where is the outrage from the far right? Romney told them one thing during the primaries, and now he's throwing them under the bus in order to move to the center. They should feel angry and betrayed.
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It's probably an effect like when someone's favorite team gets the advantage from a ref's bad call. They usually just shut up about it and hope it helps them toward the win.

Or maybe that is Romney's genius; To make everybody feel like he is only lying to the other side.
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I don't see any evidence of an intentional strategy, certainly not one that involves that kind of shrewdness or subtlety. I think he's just pretty certain his supporters aren't going to call him out on his lies as long as they think it might help him get elected.
 
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