Mitt steps in it again. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. They have a safety net."

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81. Romney claims his comment was taken out of context, link here:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/way-florida-romney-signals-won-t-let-gingrich-185925558.html

SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR BETWEEN FLORIDA AND MINNESOTA—A day after trouncing Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary, Mitt Romney sought to downplay a comment he made during an interview on CNN on Wednesday, in which he said he's "not concerned about the very poor"—a quote that has been seized upon by President Obama's re-election campaign as a sign that Romney is out of touch.

Speaking to reporters on his plane, Romney said his remark had been taken out of context. "No no no no no no no no," Romney said, when asked about the quote. "You've got to take the whole sentence, all right, as opposed to saying, and then change it just a little bit, because then it sounds very different."

Romney's full comment to CNN was: "I'm in this race because I care about Americans. I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the nation."

His meaning, he explained on the plane, is that he's focused on the middle class.