I really have never seen anything like the Romney campaign. Disaster is too mild a word. If there’s a misstep to be made, Romney makes it.
And every single error, misstep, gaffe Romney makes confirms what the Obama Campaign has been saying all along. That’s why the attacks/criticisms against Romney are resonating.
Romney’s hopelessly out of touch with average people – his social awkwardness (if you haven’t seen Romney trying to get the crowd to chant his name here it is) isn’t the least bit endearing; it’s jaw-droppingly shocking. Romney’s compassion for people resembles a profit/loss analysis – there are simply groups (a whopping 47%) of people he’s willing to write off. And it’s funny that a man who lacks compassion for the poor is resolute about humanizing corporations.
And speaking about humanizing… Mitt Romney has never had a human moment on the campaign trail. For that matter, neither has Ann Romney. I caught a snippet of them on one of the morning shows. They were asked for an example of what annoys them about the other. I’ve been married 21 years and have thousands of personal, little stories that are unique to my relationship – my husband would claim to have millions about me. So… what personal detail did the Romney’s share? The old squeezing the toothpaste tale. Now, I’m not saying that the toothpaste tale isn’t true or universal, but when they trotted it out it struck me as the safe, cliched response. A stock answer. And not one that personalized the couple and gave people insight into who they are.
Cassandra posted a video yesterday where Massachusetts’ politicians describe Romney as Governor. The Governor’s office had a moat around it. He put up a velvet rope in front of the office. That’s quite an image. Go watch that video and tell me that it doesn’t confirm the Romney narrative.
That’s the reason why the narrative surrounding Romney is sticking. Because it’s true. No matter what Dems throw at Romney, you can count on Romney proving them right.