The attacks on Romney that didn’t land

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Mitt Romney was never the most opposition research target-rich candidate for the Republican presidential nomination -- miss you, Newt -- with his cheerful moral rectitude and clean living. But there was plenty of material in his charmed life. And the press and the Obama campaign exploited some of it quite effectively, helpfully introducing Americans to Bain Capital and the practice of leveraged buyouts.

But Romney had some rather glaring weaknesses as a candidate that weren't successfully exploited. For an unprincipled flip-flopping weirdo plutocrat with no ability to connect with normal humans, he's polling quite decently! Here are some of the Romney attacks that for whatever reason, never quite connected.

(You know how conservatives still bitterly/crazily claim that Obama wasn't properly vetted? This is sort of like that, except my "things that weren't vetted" are based in reality and not insane conspiracy theories.)

His Tax Returns

Salon.com > Romney's tax returns

The attacks on Romney that didn’t land