◼ Mitt Romney’s marvelous speech - Karl/HotAir
◼ Romney Tries to Turn the Tables on Obama - Alex Roarty/National Journal
Mitt Romney has decided the best defense is a good offense. Derided as a "flip-flopper" by President Obama? Throw the charge back in the president's face. Attacked for his plan to revamp Medicare? Fire back that Obama has already crippled the popular entitlement program.
That was the central theme of the all-but-inevitable Republican presidential nominee's speech Wednesday to the Newspaper Association of America: Try to take evident vulnerabilities of his own candidacy and turn them against the current White House occupant. As Romney pivots toward the general election - and after Tuesday's victories, this week seems to mark a line of demarcation between the primary and general elections - it hints at a major part of his strategy to unseat Obama.
Romney has been knocked repeatedly - by Republican and Democratic critics alike - for changing position on issues like abortion-rights and gay marriage. But during his speech, he listed a series of Obama's own flip-flops he deemed "election-year conversions." The list included corporate tax rates, regulation, and energy policy.
"Nancy Pelosi famous said that we would have to pass Obamacare to find out what was in it," Romney said. "President Obama has turned that advice into a campaign strategy: He wants us to re-elect him to find out what he will actually do.
"With all the challenges the nation faces, this is not the time for President Obama's hide-and-seek campaign," he added
◼ The White House Boys’ Club: President Obama Has a Woman Problem - Amy Sullivan/TIME, Sept. 2011
◼ OBAMA’S WAR ON WOMEN - Washington Free Beacon
