looking at the official mitt romney campaign page on youtube is kind of like looking at a big sliced cross section of a giant tree. you can read the rings of the tree to get interesting, chronological data about what the campaign has done in terms of its public message. the chronology of the campaign ads is fascinating, and while i have always had a bit of a grudge about how bad the youtube search engine is, you can arrange videos from a particular account, say the mitt romney campaign account. you can arrange the videos in chronological order as a pretty empirically sound way by seeing what mitt romney has been running on and when. that turns out to be a story that has a surprise ending. check this out. mitt romney basically wrapped up the primary, as you know, in may. by may, the campaign no longer had to bother engaging with his one-time primary rivals, no
longer had to answer levies from gingrich, santorum, or ron paul. but the general election campaign was underway, and here is what the mitt romney message looked like then, according to their own archives back in may just as the general election was officially getting underway. have you had enough of president obama s attacks on free enterprise? we ve seen layoffs, cutbacks. you ve heard of solyndra. when others shied away, mitt romney s private sector leadership team stepped in. what would a romney presidency be like? day one, president romney immediately approves the keystone pipeline. we re going to keep america strong. that was mitt romney in may, about ten tv ads and web ads, jobs, jobs, the economy, s
going to have the same voting rights as people in other counties, so it is i think that s at least no, the voter fraud thing is a huge red herring. this is another red herring. red herrings may be easier for them to vote in ohio than for real people. real people, provided they live in democratic leading counties. e.j. dionne, of course, the author of our divided political heart. e.j., thank you for your clarity and taking time to join us. i really appreciate it. it should be noted, we have asked the secretary of state of ohio to join us on this program to discuss what it is he thinks he s doing with the county-by-county voting rules in the state of ohio. we have not been yet to secure his agreement for an interview, but we, you know, live in hope. okay, do you remember when mitt romney s pitch to be president of the united states was all about the economy? mr. romney, what are your thoughts about anything but the economy, he would answer, there is nothing but the economy.
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solynd solyndra, economy, economy, drill, drill, drill, more jobs. then june. from day one, president romney focuses on the economy and the deficit. from day one as president, mitt romney s strong leadership will make all the difference on jobs. of course, the economy isn t where it needs to be. the private sector is doing fine. well, mr. president, you ve had your moment. day one, president romney moves to repeal obama care and attacks the deficit. then romney moves to cut taxes. president romney stands up to china. president romney reverses obama s offshore drilling ban. day one, job one, repeal obama care. mitt romney has a plan to get america working. that was the mitt romney campaign in a capsule from june, via about a dozen different ads, the economy, jobs, the economy,