Is Mitt the flip-flopper with no discernible core? Or is he severely Conservative” as he claimed to be at CPAC earlier this year? And, how does Obama campaign against a man whose values seem or not seem to change depending on the audience?Bill Clinton wants the Obama Campaign to label Governor Romney as an arch conservative:
A more effective strategy, Clinton has told anyone who would listen, would be to focus almost exclusively on Romney’s description of himself as a “severe conservative,” to deny him any chance to tack back to the center, according to three Democrats close to the situation.
One of Ted Kennedy’s former campaign staffers suggests going after Romney as a flip-flopper:
Moreover, Bob Shrum, who helped run Ted Kennedy’s successful 1994 Senate campaign against Romney, takes issue with Clinton’s advice. An all-of-the-above strategy worked then and should work now.
“I think they are doing the right thing, it’s all part of the same narrative – that Romney doesn’t care about anybody but himself,” said Shrum, who ran John Kerry’s unsuccessful 2004 campaign against George W. Bush. “It’s coherent.”