In today’s Campaign in 100 Seconds: Why Mitt Romney keeps trying to make his opponents sound like they’re … Mitt Romney.
TPM Reader EA sees a flat-footed Mitt campaign with limited options …
The Romney campaign hasn’t hit a panic button, that would imply a bit more disorganization than we’ve seen, but think about the big pivot they’ve had to make over the last ten days. After months and months of quietly playing the role of Republican nomination safety valve in which he’s patiently gone about his business, limiting mistakes and waiting out the circus, it’s become clear that that strategy won’t work.
I think TPM Reader JH nails it …
It seems like Mitt’s best bet is to try to provoke Newt into a damaging blowup, like Nancy Pelosi did. Unfortunately, there’s no evidence that Romney’s campaign has anyone skilled enough to do this (which is pretty surprising, since it seems to be one of the skills most highly prized by Republican operatives.)