Democratic elected officials all across the country, get people signed up. especially younger and healthier people so that this will work. he said, there s no going back. it s not going to be repealed not as long as i m president. let s sell it and make it work. he was basically speaking to the troops today about what sales points they should make. you mentioned those troops and organizing for america, as you know, this was one of the most innovative campaigns ever, gathering 16 million on a network. and yet that part of the network has not been as effective at this stage of governing and selling. politico is reporting last week that they will actually share this valuable data and these campaign lists after months of grum bling from some democrats it was not completely available. so there s valuable supporter network exists and being shared with other democrats but not being pushed to take on republican governors who won t
Campaign, handles something like that is when the candidates says i will go back and look, the campaign then follows up and releases a statement to the news organization answering that question that the candidate said he would go back and look at. but in this case, he said he would answer it and now it appears his campaign does not have any intention on following through on what he said. so abc news gets to keep the story alive about him dodging questions, even ones he said he would answer about his tax returns. they get to keep running segments about mr. romney refusing to answer questions about this thing he desperately doesn t want to be asked about but he can t clear out of the press cycle as long as he s evadi evading. they reached out after his answer. a spokes person would only reiterate, he has paid his taxes in full kcompliance with the la. abc gets to revisit it every single news cast they do until he answers the question. almost every single week, we send the romney camp
Until he answers the question. almost every single week, we send the romney campaign lists of questions on one topic over another. more often than not, honestly, they never get back to us at all, even to say no comment. i get it. listen. you guys obviously are not going to take advice from me on anything. and somebody obviously told you that running against the press is a way to achieve some sort of political advantage if you re a republican. but if it looks like you re running from the press and not just against the press, that technique you have been advised to follow is an ineffective technique. it looks like you re afraid. what it looks like is you re running from the press. you are afraid to answer real questions for real reporter who have real jobs covering your real campaign. not answering is worse for your campaign than whatever the answers could be, unless, of course, the answers themselves are way worse than anything we could yet imagine.
Campaign, handles something like that is when the candidates says i will go back and look, the campaign then follows up and releases a statement to the news organization answering that question that the candidate said he would go back and look at. but in this case, mr. romney said he would answer it, and now it appears his campaign does not have any intention on following through with what he said. so abc news gets to keep the story alive about him dodging questions, even ones he said he would answer about his tax returns. they get to keep running segments about mr. romney refusing to answer questions about this thing he desperately doesn t want to be asked about anymore, but that he cannot clear out of a news cycle as long as he s still evading the press on it. abc news reached out after romn romney s answer. a spokesperson would only reiterate, he has paid his taxes in full compliance with the law. and he s paid 100% of what he has owed. abc gets to revisit it every single news c