Obama Outfoxes Romney
The president’s agility on gay marriage and immigration is making his rival look stodgy and unprincipled.
By Jacob Weisberg|Posted Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 3:01 PM ET
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The president has seldom been a risk taker; he has operated within the boundaries of the possible, avoiding postures that yield no results. But he and his campaign have cleverly recognized that Romney’s slow-footedness and lack of imagination present an opportunity for them to shine in contrast. They have reversed the usual dynamic of re-election campaigns, highlighting the challenger’s stodginess while making Obama into a nimble incumbent.
These stratagems show every sign of paying off. Obama’s positions convey a Reaganesque sense of optimism about social change while associating Romney’s views with fear and the past. Romney, whose approach to politics has always been to rearrange his views in relation to the next election, has thus far been stymied by this rabbit-punching. He has been on the defensive, landing few blows of his own and failing to come up with any memorable proposals. His strategy seems to be to trumpet increments of bad news about the economy. That is not only a risk-averse strategy, but also a sour one. This week, Romney’s campaign reportedly asked Florida’s Republican governor to stop trumpeting his state’s economic recovery, lest the credit accrue to his opponent.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2012/06/obama_s_gay_marriage_and_immigration_moves_how_the_president_is_outfoxing_romney_.html
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