COMMENTARY | Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich tangled with each other at the Des Moines, Iowa, debate on December 10 about Romney's flip-flopping record, dating back to when critics claimed he ran "to the left of Ted Kennedy" in the 1994 Massachusetts Senate race, according to ABC News.
"In broadcast interviews in South Carolina this week, Gingrich attacked Romney's most vulnerable spot: his reputation as an inconstant conservative -- a flip-flopper," writes Doyle McManus with The Los Angeles Times. Asked about a Democratic National Committee advertisement that contrasted Romney's positions today with more moderate positions earlier in his career, Gingrich said the point was legitimate. "I wouldn't lie to the American people," Gingrich said. "I wouldn't switch my position for political reasons."
But you don't need to drag up such ancient political history. Romney's about-face on the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is probably the reason why Romney keeps getting surpassed by a different Republican candidate every month.
Originally, Romney took a fairly dim view of the protesters. According to ABC News, Romney called the Occupy Wall Street movement "dangerous," and claimed they were engaging in "class warfare."
In a Yahoo Voices column "Mitt Romney Stand on Wall Street Protests," the author wrote "2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney who founded an investment financial services company stated that the Wall Street protesters should 'be found, kicked down and locked up.'"
But all that changed a week later. According to the article "Mitt Romney Sympathizes With Wall Street Protesters," by Kim Geiger and Maeve Reston with The Los Angeles Times, Romney told a crowd in New Hampshire "I look at what's happening on Wall Street and my view is, boy, I understand how those people feel?Because with median income down 10% ... with chronic unemployment, long-term unemployment worse even than the Great Depression, the people in this country are upset. And I understand middle Americans saying, 'Wait a second, what's going on? This wasn't the deal. How can this be?''
This article was reposted on many sites, including www.freerepublic.org, for Republican voters to read. Rush Limbaugh pointed out the marked shift in the Romney camp on the subject of "Occupy Wall Street." Maybe it is because one of the "Occupy Wall Street" financial backers is also a Mitt Romney donor, according to The Telegraph.
Romney must wonder why Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, then Texas Governor Rick Perry, then businessman Herman Cain, then former House Speaker Newt Gingrich all took a turn leap-frogging the former Massachusetts Governor, while he maintains a consistent second-place standing, blaming religious bigotry for his mediocre performance.
It isn't flip-flops from the Ted Kennedy race. It isn't supporting Obamacare proposals while being Massachusetts Governor, only to run against them today. We're talking about Romney's shift on the subject of "Occupy Wall Street" in a matter of a week's time. If the ex-Massachusetts Governor wants to become the front-runner, he may have to keep his story straight.
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