The video ad was created by the DNC, but it could just as easily have been put together by Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Freedomworks, or any of Mitt Romney’s other opponents on the right. It’s not really a general election attack, but one designed to wound Romney in the primaries, and potentially help buoy a less electable Republican candidate to the nomination:
Mike Allen calls the ad “brutal,” and he’s right. But I wonder how Republicans will react to seeing a lot of their own arguments against Romney coming out of the DNC’s mouth? Will the attack be just as effective? Or will it cause some conservatives to want to jump to Romney’s defense? After all, some of the “flip-flop” instances that the DNC mentions – i.e. the idea he knowingly hired illegal immigrants – are just downright unfair.
The ad will reportedly be airing in six battleground states. But the DNC is also holding viewing events in key GOP primary states, including New Hampshire, Iowa and Florida. And they’ve created a website, called MittVMitt.com, to reach out to voters online. If the DNC wants to go all-out with this attack, now is the time to do it. Once the general election rolls around, attacking any GOP candidate as a flip-flopper will be risky, since Obama has plenty of his own unfulfilled promises and inconsistencies from his 2008 campaign.
As I look at the sorry sorry set of Republican “rivals” on the other side, it makes me more thankful than ever…. to have Barack Obama as President of the United States, and as a viable candidate for re-election. Mr. Obama: your heart, your values, and your basic decency are all in the right place. But… your hands are tied. Unfortunately they were tied by us, the electorate…..when we failed to provide you with a Congress that you can work with. Instead, you are saddled with a don’t-tax-the-1%-do-nothing Congress that battles you at every turn, while the people suffer. God, they don't EVEN let you pass your own appointments. It's not Tea-publican gridlock – it's Tea-publican sabotage. Heck, it's Tea-publican treason. And then they try to pin the blame on Mr. Obama. These people have no shame…or else its been purchased by those who can afford to do so. Thankfully, with Occupy Wall Street America has found its voice : a voice that reminds us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter. Instead of talking about less government , and more painful cuts, its a voice that demands a government that WORKS, a government that works FOR ALL OF US, not just for a favored few, not just for the rich. Its a voice that comes up from the grassroots, and lifts us up: because it says that this land IS our land…and we WANT IT BACK! And most importantly, it's a voice that will help us to re-elect the President AND give him a more progressive Congress to work with. Mr. Obama: I wish you well. You STILL give me hope.
I've read elsewhere that the DNC will run this ad in several battleground states. However, this is a four minute video. Are they really going to buy 240 second ads in those states? Maybe they will be boiled down to 30 or 60 second spots, but I imagine the 'brutality' of the ad will be somewhat lessened. Could it be that the DNC says it will run the ad and get a bunch of media coverage. But when it comes time to cut the check and buy the time, it doesn't happen? The only reason I raise the question is because this ad is four minutes long and I don't think they can buy the time. If they can, who on earth would watch it on TV when what they are really interested in is the program that was interupted?
The dems took every single flip-flop out of context except for abortion which Mitt has no problem admitting he changed his position on. Democrats are scared to death of Mitt.