Santorum camp pounces on Romney adviser's 'Etch A Sketch' comment
On the very day that Mitt Romney picked up a key endorsement from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), his campaign is now receiving criticism after a top adviser suggested that Romney could hit a "reset button" in the general election -- like someone shaking up an "Etch A Sketch."
On CNN this morning, adviser Eric Fehrnstrom -- who worked for Romney when he was Massachusetts governor, as well as on his two presidential campaigns -- was asked if he was concerned that the GOP primary has forced Romney too far to the right, which could hurt him with moderate voters in the general.
Fehrnstrom's answer: "Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again."
He added, "But I will say, if you look at the exit polling data in Illinois, you'll see that Mitt Romney is broadly acceptable to most of the factions in the party. You have to do that in order to become the major party nominee. He's winning conservatives; he's winning Tea Party voters; he's winning men, women; he's winning Catholics and Protestants."
The Santorum campaign quickly seized on Fehrnstrom's "Etch A Sketch" comment, charging that it was an admission that Romney will abandon his conservative positions in a general election.
Sales of Etch-a-Sketch in the Santorum campaign, the Gingrich campaign, and the Obama re-election campaign just skyrocketed.
Gee, when your own adviser admits that nothing you've said up to now means anything -- (and it doesn't, because he's flip-flopped on EVERY issue...sometimes twice in one day) -- all we can say is, "Thank you, Jesus."
LOL, just saw this news. Definitely a dumb statement by the Romney campaign adviser, and the kind of phrase that will stick and become a funny campaign commercial for the opponents. Stupid.
If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2
Republicans are red, democrats are blue, neither of them, gives a flip about you.
