Reactionary Mitt
by digby
It's very hard to understand what makes the Romneybot run, but it occurred to me this morning that he's given us some clues.
#1:
Mitt Romney said during the interview that the attacks surrounding his dog were the most "wounding" so far on the campaign trial.
Asked if he'd do it again, he replied, "Certainly not with the attention it's received."
#2:
"We went to the company and we said, look, you can't have any illegals working on our property. I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals."
#3:
"The Department of Education: I will either consolidate with another agency, or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller. I'm not going to get rid of it entirely," Romney said, explaining that part of his reasoning behind preserving the agency was to maintain a federal role in pushing back against teachers' unions. Romney added that he learned in his 1994 campaign for Senate that proposing to eliminate the agency was politically volatile.
He's a shape shifter, which we already knew. But he's extremely reactive. Which means that the main question about how he'll govern is who can bring the most pressure to bear on him. Anybody want to guess who that might be?
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