The Romney campaign got the memo: Race-baiting and xenophobia work \u2014 at least among the segment of the electorate former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney hopes to capture in his quest for the presidency.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the last two weeks, Romney\u2019s strategy has incorporated racial and cultural cues, both subtle and blatant, as a means of deflection from the Obama campaign\u2019s relentless offensive based on questions about Romney\u2019s tenure at Bain Capital, from which Romney claims to have been retired during a period of time, 1999-2002, in which his name is listed on documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the sole owner and chief executive officer of the firm.<\/p>\n
Add those questions \u2014 what was Bain doing at that time, and why does Romney want deniability for those actions? \u2014 to Romney\u2019s refusal to release more than his last two years of tax returns, and you\u2019ve got a pretty shady-looking candidate.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Romney, an elite member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has suffered difficulties from the start among elements of the Republican base, especially right-wing Christian evangelicals, who view Mormonism<\/a> as a cult and doubt Romney\u2019s conservative bona fides, especially on abortion, given the fact that he was, at one time, pro-choice. The Romney campaign got the memo: Race-baiting and xenophobia work \u2014 at least among the segment of the electorate former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney hopes to capture in his quest for the presidency. Over the course of the last two weeks, Romney\u2019s strategy has incorporated racial and cultural cues, both subtle and blatant, as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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