Caught Hiding His Agenda, Romney Promises “Great Deal Of Analysis” Before Abolishing Something Or Other
Posted April 18, 2012 at 12:00 pm, in Allied Approaches, From Campaign for America's Future
Bill Scher
Online Editor, Campaign for America's Future
For such a buttoned-down candidate, Mitt Romney is not very good at keeping secrets.
First, he tells the conservative Weekly Standard that after losing his 1994 Senate race in part because of opposition to his plan for abolishing the Education Department, he’s concluded it’s better not to “give you a list” of what government agencies he believes should be cut.
Then this past Sunday, he let reporters overhear similar comments to a private gathering of donors, telling them, “I’m probably not going to lay out just exactly which ones are going to go.” But he did share with the private group that the Department of Housing and Urban Development “might not be around later,” and regarding the Education Department, “I’m not going to get rid of it entirely.”
After letting these secrets leak out, Romney was forced to answer for those comments on ABC News, where millions of average voters would actually hear him.
So did Romney explain what his plans are? Not exactly:
I’m not proposing any eliminations at this point. But I want to streamline and combine agencies. We’ll do– a great deal of analysis to see which agencies could be combined.
Because you know what? There’s– there’s too much overhead in Washington. There are too many bureaucrats, there are too many government workers.
We’ve got to cut back on the size of government. And if we do that we’ll save a lot of money and make life a heck of a lot easier.
Let’s get this straight.
Apparently, the philosophy of Mr. Economy/Mr. Turnaround/Mr. Fix-it is: make up your mind first, then do a “great deal of analysis” later. (more…)
