You don't move to the center two weeks before the general election

[still_one]

[lumpy]

1. Especially when you have to flip flop to do it. Romney trying to ride on Obama's

coattails was a terrible mistake.

[sadbear]

2. He mistakenly thought the base was shored up.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. It was only for one night, he will be back on the right tomorrow morning.

[Corgigal]

4. Well Romney just did that

and he's counting on the haters not to notice, what's really scary is that he might be right.

[WI_DEM]

5. He did in the first debate, too.

[sad sally]

6. Doesn't his move to the middle - all peace and love - make you want to ask, where are all his

"extreme conservative" backers and what do they think? Is he just wink wink lying or should they be worried about what he really thinks?

[Wounded Bear]

7. Republicans have been doing it for years.....

pander to the RW fanatics, then turnabout for the general to get the 'undecideds.'

I think it's the Internet, though. It's harder and harder to get away with it when you have things like YouTube and Twitter in play.

[still_one]

10. Actually this is the first time I remember where the republicans have embraced the hard right.

Usually they dance around it, like what romney did tonight

[Jennicut]

8. Well, it certainly is very fake posturing.

I assume no one out there buys it except maybe two voters.

[spanone]

9. you do if you're an unprincipled prick who only cares about amassing untold wealth