Now they have a backstory to explain why Romney shiftshaped:

[applegrove]

Inside the campaign: The Romney rebellion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82160.html

"SNIP.........................................

For months, Ann Romney and her eldest son, Tagg, were dutifully supportive of the political professionals running Mitt Romney’s campaign. All the while, their private frustration was mounting.

Shortly before the first debate, it finally boiled over.

What followed was a family intervention. The candidate’s family prevailed on Mitt Romney, and the campaign operation, to shake things up dramatically, according to campaign insiders. The family pushed for a new message, putting an emphasis on a softer and more moderate image for the GOP nominee — a “let Mitt be Mitt” approach they believed more accurately reflected the looser, generous and more approachable man they knew.

Chief strategist Stuart Stevens — whom the family held responsible for allowing Romney’s personal side to be obscured by an anti-Obama economic message — has seen his once wide-ranging portfolio “fenced in” to mainly the debates, and the television advertising that is his primary expertise, according to campaign officials. Tagg Romney, channeling his mother’s wishes, is taking a much more active role in how the campaign is run.


...........................................SNIP"

They claim Mitt is now being Mitt. How do we counter the meme that is claimed because it will make Mitt seem as if he is now being real?

[aletier_v]

1. Holy christ. "My handlers made me do it?"

THIS is Mr Responsibility speaking?

Oh, wait, no, it's HIS WIFE AND SON, not Mitt!



This man can NOT be in the White House of this country.

[gkhouston]

2. Uh huh, so he's "going rogue"... and how does he account for shifting positions

on abortion twice in the same day?

[aletier_v]

7. Well, he has five sons so conceivably he could hold six positions each day

and blame each son and his wife.

[barnabas63]

8. What if his sons start lying to him again?

They are known to lie, you know!

[mucifer]

3. People will believe what they want to believe. Lots seem to like the ronald reagan version of mitt.

Looks like we are stuck with it.

[Cha]

4. Mitt Lies like a sick dog and he's not ever going to

stop lying. Check out the primary debates and this one..they're still motor mouth lies. the LYing Romneys can Lie, too..and they do.

[Alekei_Firebird]

5. So we're not electing Mitt but Tagg?

How on earth is this supposed to make their campaign look good?

Romney's ideology: "Cuz my son told me so!"

[Astazia]

6. Play 47% tape, ask for real tax returns, & call him out

on saying it was a mistake to end war in Iraq. (he said the Iraq thing yesterday) Lastly you can't make that high pitch whine voice on the stomp attractive IMHO

[MzShellG]

9. Less than a month from election day....

And we still don't know who Mitt Romney is. He doesn't even know. Appalling.

[aletier_v]

10. We know one thing about Romney. He's desperate to be president.

[GallopingGhost]

12. + 1 n/t

[flamingdem]

13. Oh but he "WON" and we should be angry at Obama

pfft

[MzShellG]

16. My sentiments exactly.....

They are pulling the wool over everyones eyes & we can't let them get away with this crap.

[hedda_foil]

11. "Chief strategist Stuart Stevens -- whom the.family held responsible ..."

Is now limited to his "primary expertise" -- tv ads and the debates.

And I'm Ann Romney and I approved this message.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. What if he's elected POTUS

and there's another "family intervention"?


People might want to stop and think about that for a second............

[xfundy]

15. "Tagg?"

Did he catch the Palin disease, or was he patient zero?

[renate]

17. if he tries to blame his handlers for making him say things he didn't believe,

He will just look even more weak and pathetic than he already does. What kind of president would he be if he let his advisers tell him what to believe?

I think a "let Mitt be Mitt" slogan would be pretty easy to switch around into yet another "Mitt vs. Mitt" campaign ad for the Democrats.