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June 14, 2012 08:36 PM UTC

Romney and "Rose Garden" Strategy

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Interesting stuff from our friends at “The Fix“:

Romney has adopted a classic “Rose Garden” strategy in recent months, largely refusing to engage in extended – or frequent – question and answer sessions with reporters on the trail or sit down with TV anchors for more extended interviews.

Romney is breaking from that course somewhat this weekend, agreeing to appear on CBS’ “Face the Nation” – his first non-Fox News Channel Sunday show interview since announcing he was running for president in 2011. Viewed broadly, what Romney is trying to do is obvious. Republicans believe – and they are almost certainly right – that if the November election is a referendum on President Obama and his handling of the economy, they win…

…The bar a challenger must clear to be considered a credible alternative is admittedly lower than the hurdle an incumbent faces to prove to the electorate that he deserves a second term. But, the bar exists.

That’s why simply running on an “I’m not that guy” strategy isn’t likely going to be enough to get Romney into the White House. Yes, Bill Clinton’s main case in 1992 was that President George H.W. Bush was mishandling the economy. But, Clinton closed the deal only when he was able to sell the public on the notion that he had good – and better – ideas to improve things domestically. [Pols emphasis]

Republicans politicians up to and including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan have suggested in recent days that Romney needs to offer his own alternative, positive vision for the country – not simply run against the vision offered by President Obama.

We agree with “The Fix” here. This strategy can work if you are running for Congress — heck, a bunch of Tea Party Republicans got elected doing exactly this. But President is too big of an office in a time where there is more national coverage from blogs and other online sources.

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  1. I think that it is a good strategy for now. Romney has plenty of name recognition for now, and plenty of money for the future.  I think that he will start courting the media in the run up to and the aftermath of the Republican convention.

    BTW, I voted for Clinton but he did not win because “he had good – and better – ideas to improve things domestically.” He won because Perot siphoned enough votes from Bush and Bush was a lackluster campaigner at best.

    1. That’s debateable. There’s a lot of people who disagree, and I’ve seen studies (don’t have the links off-hand) that say different.

      The biggest reason H. W. Bush lost is because he was completely and totally out of touch with common people–he didn’t know what a grocery scanner was for crying out loud–and he made himself look like a man who was sitting in his ivory tower and ignorant of the struggles of average Americans. Meanwhile, remember what Clinton’s catch phrase was? He said “I feel your pain.” That is a stark contrast to what Bush was presenting.

      If the Republicans can paint Obama as out of touch, ignorant of the struggles of average Americans, then that will be enough. Obama needs to pay attention to how things sound to people. When he says “the private sector is doing fine” that just makes him sound cold, distant, and out of touch with America. It doesn’t matter if it’s true, or correct, or whatever. If the Republicans make people think that he doesn’t care about them, then he’s going to lose.

      Fortunately for the Democrats, the Republicans chose, quite possibly, the least in touch candidate in recent memory. But hey, if he never talks to the media, then it’s easy for him to not say stupid shit like “I’ll bet you $10,000.”

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