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Some think Romney was in the right in his flap with the AP
reporter. Well for Romney it boils down on these things to
Clintonian wordplay. Rather than “saw” this time it is “running” which is at issue. Romney has lots of lobbyists
from Tom Rath to Vin Weber to Warren Tompkins “running” (i.e.
helping to direct) his campaign but not one in the singular role of
campaign manager who “runs” the whole thing. There is nothing wrong
with lobbyists in a campaign (unless you’re in a
spat with Hillary Clinton). However, in
Romney 4.0 he was affecting an John Edwards/Ross Perot holier
than thou (at least holier than McCain) pose, arguing he was
unconnected to lobbyists. Like many of these small fibs it was
easily disproved and unnecessary. One more thing: in looking at the
video again I found the oddest part was that he and his press
fellow were peeved that Johnson was not merely transcribing but
challenging the candidate. Most candidates
would love David Gregory to agree to that but they shouldn’t stay
up late waiting for a revolution in the adversarial relationship
between politicians and the media. Glenn Johnson in a Staples is
nothing compared to what would await him in the White House
briefing room.
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