Romney trying to out-liberal Obama by backing lower student loan rates. Pathetic.
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Hunter Pearce (@hunterpearce) April 23, 2012With this announcement, Mitt Romney manages to simultaneously (a) throw House Republicans under the bus, (b) undermine his argument that he is serious about controlling reckless federal spending, and (c) lend his support to an awful policy.
Twitter conservatives were not pleased:
Um, what?… fb.me/YRORU4or—
Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) April 23, 2012
Ahhh… Romney likes Obama's student loan plan! Undermines House GOP. Love that PROGRESSIVE Mitt? The "ANYBODY but Obama"? Sickening. #tcot—
Steven Bayrd (@SteveBayrd) April 23, 2012
#Levin on Romney student loan pandering- "Mitt Romney had a chance to stand up, he sat down!" #tcot—
GENXR (@speakez6) April 23, 2012
@DavidLimbaugh "Is this what this campaign is going to turn into?" Yes, because Romney is a spineless RINO which is why the base hates him—
Marcus Porcius (@Marcus_Porcius) April 23, 2012
There they are–Romney, Obama…. Obama, Romney…. matching each other, pander-for-pander, carve out for carve… fb.me/1lWQE5dDp—
Greg Halvorson (@GHalv) April 23, 2012
@MittRomney Govt should not have taken over student loans, low or otherwise. Don't support lowering them. Get out of them! Romney big govt?—
Rhonda Nelson (@rln22) April 23, 2012
So Romney likes Govt taking over student loans and some form of Amnesty with Rubio?? i don't have to support this #Garbage—
pat (@PATR2012) April 23, 2012
Big government Mitt! RT @PoliticalTicker Romney backs extending lowered student loan rates bit.ly/Iunaoq—
Brendan Madigan (@brendanmadigan) April 23, 2012
Romney clearly is trying to reach out beyond the GOP voters he disparages as “Fox News true believers.” But left-of-center voters aren’t exactly rallying to Romney’s side:
Liar Mitt Romney always the follower, never the leader! Now he backs Obama's student loan proposal. He's such a farce. #Obama2012—
KariKoz22 (@KKoz22) April 23, 2012
Romney Backs Obama's Student Loan Proposal huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/mit… #MittRomney is a liar.—
Kim Lynch (@kmlynch10) April 23, 2012
Mitt moves Left-How soon B4 he reverses pos?> Romney Blunts Obama Attack By Backing Lower Student Loan Rates 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/romney… via @TPM—
fredamae (@kokobyrd) April 23, 2012
He's Probably Already In Mid-Flip: Mitt Romney Backs Student Loan Proposal From Barack Obama huff.to/IaJGBh #p2 #tcot—
Bruce P. Knight (@brucepknight) April 23, 2012
Romney's abandonment today of House GOP position on student loan rates suggests the Etch-a-Sketch is working just fine. is.gd/Eqemfp—
Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) April 23, 2012
Pander #fail.
Update: The Romney campaign is paying Twitter to promote this tweet:
[INFOGRAPHIC] mi.tt/ITVvMS. Would you let your family budget look like the federal government’s? #StopTheSpending—
Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) April 17, 2012
#StoptheSpending? Really?
