http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/06/06/romney-soft-selling-the-war/ Covering the 2008 election Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/06/06/romney-soft-selling-the-war/#comment-34683 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:57:07 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/06/06/romney-soft-selling-the-war/#comment-34683 [...] As I indicated earlier in the week, this is a political strategy with an eye on the general. [...] […] As I indicated earlier in the week, this is a political strategy with an eye on the general. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/06/06/romney-soft-selling-the-war/#comment-34472 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:45:01 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/06/06/romney-soft-selling-the-war/#comment-34472 Nicely observed - I've been watching this for months. Romney supporters (some of whom style themselves as security-first voters) counter that their candidate's understanding of the larger context is superior to everyone else's, and certainly to the Democrats' - cuz Romney's read more books (and not just sciento-fi). In short, Romney seems to be attempting to preserve his strategic flexibility, and it's hard to fault him for embracing that option when he'll never get to the right on the war past McCain and Giuliani, or make a more convincing presentation as a "wartime leader." It's also possible, after all, that the Republicans will be better served by a candidate who can run on something other than the war on terror. Nicely observed - I’ve been watching this for months. Romney supporters (some of whom style themselves as security-first voters) counter that their candidate’s understanding of the larger context is superior to everyone else’s, and certainly to the Democrats’ - cuz Romney’s read more books (and not just sciento-fi). In short, Romney seems to be attempting to preserve his strategic flexibility, and it’s hard to fault him for embracing that option when he’ll never get to the right on the war past McCain and Giuliani, or make a more convincing presentation as a “wartime leader.” It’s also possible, after all, that the Republicans will be better served by a candidate who can run on something other than the war on terror.

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