With 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:
https://twitter.com/#!/marklevinshow/status/194524445015146496
http://twitter.com/#!/SteveBayrd/status/194554400411357184
http://twitter.com/#!/speakez6/status/194556545432961024
http://twitter.com/#!/Marcus_Porcius/status/194537531088441345
http://twitter.com/#!/GHalv/status/194558600641904641
http://twitter.com/#!/rln22/status/194476734752628736
http://twitter.com/#!/PATR2012/status/194513494543056899
http://twitter.com/#!/brendanmadigan/status/194515592135458816
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:
https://twitter.com/#!/KKoz22/status/194510262957637632
https://twitter.com/#!/kmlynch10/status/194501296726867970
https://twitter.com/#!/kokobyrd/status/194508896558264320
http://twitter.com/#!/brucepknight/status/194515266238025728
http://twitter.com/#!/AlecMacGillis/status/194511326893182976
Pander #fail.
Update: The Romney campaign is paying Twitter to promote this tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/MittRomney/status/192242069983600640
#StoptheSpending? Really?
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