response to this etch a sketch gate as they are calling it in some of the more desperate corners of the blogossphere this morning. organizationally, a general election campaign takes on a different profile. the issues i m running on will be exactly the same. i am running as a conservative republican. i was a conservative republican governor. i ll be running as the conservative republican nominee hopefully at that point the nominee for president. the policies and the positions are the same. richard haas. i actually think the larger story is that despite it all, mitt romney is going to be the republican nominee and come this fall he ll be out on a stage debating barack obama. the polls are going to be extraordinarily close. and depending upon where the economy is or whether we are at war with iran, mitt romney is either going to be the next president or not. so we can look at all of these gaffs. and i understand there s that narrative. the larger narrative is he s
interview with the conservative radio host hugh hughet. desperate polls call for desperate calls. i know that there are a lot of people across the country saying we need to consolidate behind the guy who has now weathered 38 different contests we have had, if we include the little islands, the senator hearing let s get going, move on, get our nominee ready to go against president obama and perhaps he is striking out with some frustration from those kind of questions. of course, all this in the wake of etch a sketch gate. rom minneapolis challenged on that and pointed out the gaffe was made by a staffer and not him.ney was challenged on that and pointed out the gaffe was made by a staffer and not him. as romney seems to be wing, his campaign steps in it. what about that the campaign stepping on its own story, governor?