Romney sabotaged his own candidacy in the stretch, talked up Obama. Said Obama cares about middle class and didn't raise taxes. Reporter raised serious doubt that Romney wanted to win-Business Insider, Sept. 27, 2012

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9/27/2012, "SERIOUS QUESTION: Is Mitt Romney Just Not Trying Anymore?" Business Insider, Joe Weisenthal

"Quick! Someone send Mitt Romney to UnSkewedPolls.com and tell him he still has a chance.

He's made a series of moves lately that make us seriously wonder how hard he's trying to win the race.

From CNBC:

"Don't be expecting a huge cut in taxes, because I'm also going to be closing loopholes on deductions," Mr. Romney said Wednesday in Westerville, Ohio flanked by a national debt clock, chronicling the nation's rising burden on future taxpayers."
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Yesterday he said that Romneycare (getting everyone insured in Massachusetts) showed he was an empathetic man ... a completely un-conservative argument."...

[Ed. note: Romney asked for and received $500 million fed. taxpayer dollars a year from George Bush without which Romneycare wouldn't have passed. This was a reason to elect Romney over Obama?

"Here was Mitt Romney’s dirty little secret that we don’t like to talk about in Massachusetts, which is the way we passed our law is the federal government paid for it.

“George Bush said why am I sending this Democrat [meaning Ted Kennedy] $500 million a year, I’m taking it back,” Gruber explained, adding:

“Mitt Romney to his credit went to George Bush and said, look, can we keep the money if we use it for universal coverage. And Bush to his credit said yes.”...]. 

(continuing): "At a speech the other day, Mitt Romney admitted that Obama didn't raise taxes in his first term, undermining a big talking point of the right.

In a recent ad, Mitt Romney said that Obama also cares about the middle class.

The Romney campaign seriously needs to gain some traction in the final month of the race, and yet ...

Instead of attacking Obama, he's saying nice things about him.
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Instead of making a sharp tax argument, he's saying people won't see any benefit from him. 

Instead of making a conservative argument on health care, he's making a liberal one.

C'mon Mitt! Get in there and fight!"

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Source: Romney got $500 million a year from George Bush without which Romneycare wouldn't have passed:

11/13/14, "Obamacare Architect: Ted Kennedy ‘Ripped Off’ Medicaid," Daily Caller, Chuck Ross



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