Showing posts with label Eric Fehrnstrom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Fehrnstrom. Show all posts
Sunday, September 02, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Mitt Romney Contradicts Own Campaign, Acknowledges Individual Mandate "Is a Tax"
Related: The Daily Rundown: Interview with Romney Senior Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom
Politico's Maggie Haberman ( @maggiepolitico ) tweets:
Romney cleanup on Fehrnstrom reiterates Boston concern about the base, will raise q's about why Obamacare diff than Masscare, and...BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski ( @BuzzFeedAndrew ) notes:
...is unusual departure from where his longtime senior adviser was on something publicly
In admitting the individual mandate is a tax, Romney admits he raised taxes in Massachusetts.
Obama spox on Romney saying "it's a tax": "He threw his top aide Eric Fehrnstrom under the bus by changing his campaign's position."UPDATE: Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Murray tweets:
"Of course, if that's what they say it is." Romney's ropeline response when @DanaBashCNN asks if health care penalty is a tax per SCOTUS.
Politico's Alex Burns ( @aburnspolitico ) observes:
Romney's position would be tougher to sustain if the WH weren't engaged in its own set of acrobatics on whether the mandate's a tax
Or if, say, the president were delivering a detailed, consistent message on health care that would engage Romney in a fact-based debate
Neil King of the Wall Street Journal tweets:
So if it's a tax, can Romney still say he didn't raise taxes as Mass governor? Romneycare garnered $20 million in taxes last year.Wall Street Journal: Romney's Tax Confusion: The candidate's response on the ObamaCare mandate reveals larger campaign problems.
The Boston Globe's Matt Viser: WSJ hits Romneys “insular staff” & “lame jujitsu spin.” Adds it “looks confused in addition to being politically dumb”
WSJ: “For the sake of not abandoning his faulty healthcare legacy in MA, Romney is jeopardizing chance @ becoming Pres”
Politico's Ben White: Wow. WSJ edit page rips Romney over shifting stance on Obamacare tax/non-tax
WSJ: "tragedy is that for .. sake of not abandoning his faulty health-care legacy in Mass ... Romney is jeopardizing .. chance at [winning]
More from WSJ bazooka editorial: "[T]he [Romney] campaign looks confused in addition to being politically dumb."
beating the horse here, but that WSJ edit is a ballistic missile aimed right at boston and it captures lot of c-suite anger
Roger Simon: Romney shakes the Etch A Sketch and decides health care mandate is a tax.
First Murdoch attacks Mitt & then the WSJ attacks him. Next: Somebody will bug his jet ski.
Jim Manley: As a general rule, The wsj editorial writers are unusually skilled prevaricators, but damn, the piece on the romney campaign is BRUTAL
Zeke Miller: WSJ ed: " the rich man obliged by vacationing this week at his lake-side home with a jet-ski cameo."
WSJ: Romney promised Republicans he was the best man to make the case against President Obama...So far Mr. Romney is letting them down.
OUCH: WSJ on Romney: " the campaign looks confused in addition to being politically dumb."
WSJ ed board says @ericfehrn's MSNBC interview may be a turning point in this campaign. I think this editorial might be a bigger one...
Monday, July 02, 2012
The Daily Rundown: Interview with Romney Senior Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom
- Romney adviser on health care law: It's a penalty, not a tax
- Top Romney Adviser Breaks With Entire Republican Party: The Individual Mandate Is Not A Tax
- Romney agrees with Obama: Healthcare mandate not a tax
- Top Romney Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom: Romney Does Not Believe Health Care Mandate Is A Tax
- Video of the Day: Top Romney Aide Says Mandate Is Not a Tax
- W.H. gets unexpected backup: Romney camp says it's a penalty, not a tax
- Romney Campaign: "The Mandate Was Not a Tax"
- Romney adviser: Health care not a tax
- Romney team agrees with Obama: Individual mandate not a tax
- Romney adviser breaks from GOP message, says mandate is not a tax
- Aide says Romney thinks US health mandate not a tax
- Despite Romney camp’s claim, GOPers will keep hitting mandate as `tax’
- Romney Campaign at Odds With G.O.P. on Health Care ‘Tax’
- Mitt Romney, President Obama Finally Agree on Something: It’s a Penalty, Not a Tax
- David Axelrod: Top Republican officials are `sliming their own nominee’
- Wendy Long, legal adviser to Romney, stomps on a Romney talking point
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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